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CBI probe sought into policeman's death

By Our Staff Reporter

KOTTAYAM, JAN. 17. Stephen George, MLA, has sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the unnatural death of a policeman at Vellarikkundu.

At a press conference, which was attended by the relatives of the deceased policeman A.R. Santhosh Kumar, who was from Peruva near here, Mr. George alleged that the police had been trying to dub the death as a case of suicide.

Though the cause of death had not been ascertained, the police authorities had refused to accord official honours for the funeral of the victim, making it clear that they presumed it to be a suicide, he added.

Noting that Santhosh Kumar had no reason to commit suicide, Mr. George said he had neither any financial burden nor any family problem. Moreover, he had been looking forward to a promotion to the post of sub-inspector of police.

"We cannot believe that he committed suicide on the third day of his getting promoted to his dream post,'' Mr. George said.

That there was an attempt to tamper with the police records regarding his official revolver and bullets, had added to the mystery surrounding the death. Investigation by the local police had not made any progress and Santosh Kumar's relatives were not satisfied with it.

Hence, they were demanding a CBI inquiry.

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