The Payyannur police investigating the death of Indian Naval Academy (INA) cadet Gudeppa Sooraj, after he suffered critical injuries from a fall in a building on the academy campus at Ezhimala here, have included charges of abetment of suicide on the basis of the information found in a note recovered from the cadet in the hospital.
The police said the note mentioned the names of two cadets. The cadet had alleged that he had been facing harassment from them since he rejoined the INA in January following the order of the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Branch, Chennai, revoking his dismissal from the academy in 2015 alleging malpractices during an examination.
“We have submitted a report in the local court citing the inclusion of the Indian Penal Code 306 (abetment of suicide),” a police officer said. The police would question his fellow cadets and staff members of the academy, he said.
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Sooraj, hailing from Malappuram, was found with critical injuries, at the INA on May 17 evening and he died of the injuries at the Pariyaram Medical College Hospital in the early hours of May 18.
His relatives alleged that he had been harassed since he rejoined the INA to continue his four-year INA course to become a commissioned officer.
INA officials claimed that he had apparently jumped from a building after he was again caught for malpractice during an examination on May 17.
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The relatives who had access to the content of the note said the two-page note on a single sheet mentioned the names of the two persons who had harassed him.