Kerala police on Monday filed a case against three CBI sleuths who allegedly resorted to ‘third degree’ methods while questioning suspended crime branch DySP N.A. Rasheed in the V.B. Unnithan murder-attempt case.
The non-bailable charges have been filed against SP K. Krishnakumar and ASP Jayakumar of the CBI’s Kochi unit. The third accused official could not be identified.
A complaint had been filed by Rasheed’s elder brother before Ernakulam north police station.
Rasheed, also state president of Kerala police service officers’ association, was arrested by the CBI on April 16.
He alleged in the court that CBI officer Jayakumar stabbed Rasheed on his back and twisted his arms.
He had also “influenced” the doctor at Ernakulam general hospital not to record the shoe marks on his back, the brother alleged.
Journalist Unnithan was assaulted in Kollam last year by a gang of men who came on bikes. He was rushed to a hospital and was subjected to an emergency surgery.
He was attacked following some reports that appeared in the daily prior to the assembly elections.
ournalist Unnithan was assaulted following some reports that appeared in the daily prior to the assembly elections