Kozhikode: A massive transfer in the case of Sajjevan, a native of Kalleri, who was taken into custody by the Vadakara police, collapsed and died in the station premises.
All the policemen of Vadakara police station have been transferred. Departmental action was taken against 66 policemen following the instructions of the Chief Minister.
Three people, including the SI, had been suspended earlier in the case of the death of the youth who was taken into custody. Vadakara S.I.M. Nijesh, ASI Arun and civil police officer Girish who was on Parav duty were suspended.
Koloth Sajjeev (32), a native of Vilyapally Kalleri, who was brought to the station in connection with a car accident case, collapsed and died in the courtyard of the Vadakara police station on the 14th night. In connection with the vehicle collision, the activist and his friends were involved in an argument with the occupants of the opposite vehicle. Then the police came and shifted them to the station. The case, which was first handed over to the district crime branch, was ordered to be handed over to the state crime branch on Saturday. The case is being investigated by a team led by State Crime Branch SP Moiteen Kuti.
The report given by the special branch said that the police had failed in the death of the youth. DIG Rahul R Nair had suspended Vadakara SI, ASI and civil police officer who was on security duty pending investigation in the assessment of police negligence in the death. Later, the investigation was handed over to a team led by Rural District Crime Branch DySP R Haridasan. The new team was assigned while the investigation under the leadership of DYSP was in progress.
Even though he collapsed, he was not taken to the hospital.
Sajeev and his friends were taken into custody after the vehicle they were traveling in collided with another vehicle. However, friends say that SI was beating Sajeev for being drunk. With this, Sajjevan collapsed in front of the station. The relatives alleged that Sajjevan, who was suffering from chest pain, told the police about this, but was kept at the station for three and a half hours saying that it was a gas problem.
The police did not agree to go to the hospital. Even though there was a police vehicle, the police were not ready to take him in it or call an ambulance. The auto workers, who saw him collapsing, called an ambulance and rushed him to the Vadakara Cooperative Hospital. Those who were with him revealed that he had died by then.
