THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission has registered a case against HRDS for giving uninhabitable houses to tribals. HRDS has earlier employed Swapna Suresh, accused in a gold smuggling case.

The commission directed the district collector and the SP to investigate and give report on attempts to lease tribal land. HRDS has appointed Swapna Suresh as the director of Corporate Social Responsibility. .