A Crime Branch squad led by Superintendent of Police K.K. Moideenkutty has begun probe into the suspected custodial torture and death of Vadakara native Sajeevan Ponmeriparambil.
The squad will check whether the accused officers had any role in manhandling the man who later collapsed near the Vadakara police station and died on the way to the Vadakara Cooperative Hospital.
The suspension order issued by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Kannur range) on July 22 has made it clear that there have been “lapses” on the part of the officers who dealt with a car accident case involving Sajeevan. The main allegation was that the police officers at the station manhandled him as he was in an inebriated state and tried to lock horns with them.
