Child rights body files case against 'Kuthiyottam' ritual
The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has registered a case against the 'Kuthiyottam' ritual performed on young boys during Attukal Pongala festival. This comes after DGP (Prisons) R Sreelekha in a blog claimed iron hooks are pierced into young boys' bodies as part of the ritual. "I want to stop this archaic and gruesome practice," Sreelekha said.