The State government has handed over the suspected custodial death of a 42-year-old man, Suresh Kumar, at the Thiruvallam police station recently to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The government had come under fire from the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the alleged third-degree murder.
Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan, Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala and Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan visited the deceased's house last week. They had separately accused the police of torturing and killing Suresh in custody.
