Tribal man dragged 400 metres by car in Wayanad over tourist dispute intervention

In an unfortunate incident, tourists in Kerala's Wayanad dragged a tribal man on the car's bonnet following a verbal duel between two groups with the Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi calling for stringent action against the accused.

Mathan, the tribal man, was a bystander when the two tourist groups at the check dam site in Koodal Kadavu were engaged in a verbal duel. When Mathan questioned the wrongdoers, he was taken to task by one of the groups.

Mathan, a resident of Mananthavady in the hilly district of Wayanad, was dragged for nearly half a kilometre along the road by the tourists.