Death of 27-year-old 'chased by Kerala police': Father seeks CBI probe at HC

KOCHI: Father of a 27-year-old man of

Kottayam

who was allegedly chased by police and then found dead has approached the Kerala high court seeking a CBI probe. It is alleged by the father that his son was murdered by policemen.

The petition was filed by Antony Job of Kudavechoor in Kottayam regarding the death of his son Jijo Antony, allegedly at

Kavanattinkara

near

Kumarakom

on the evening of November 7. Jijo was working as a chef in Dubai and was scheduled to rejoin work a month later, the father’s plea said.

Kumarakom police had registered a case against Jijo on November 7 alleging that he wrongfully restrained Satheesh Chandran V, driver of Kottayam district police chief at Kavanattinkara.

Producing a copy of a CCTV footage, the father contends that it shows his son entering

Lakshmi Hotel

at Kavanattinkara at 8.40pm and four policemen following him inside. Three local persons are also seen following the police into the hotel but two of them are seen hurrying out suddenly, the petition said.

While the postmortem report says his son drowned and the police’s version allegedly is that Jijo drowned in a canal at the backside of the hotel, the father points out water is only a foot deep there. His death was due to the manhandling by police and they dumped his body in the canal, the father has alleged while highlighting bodily injuries.

Considering the petition filed through advocate PB Sahasranaman during admission hearing on Tuesday, justice K Haripal has sought the views of the police and the state government.