Justice (retired) Narayana Kurup will probe the death of private financier Rajkumar in police custody at Nedumgandam in Idukki district, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
Briefing reporters on the decisions of a Cabinet meeting here on July 5, Mr. Vijayan said that the police probe into the custodial death would continue. The judicial probe was aimed at finding out the reasons and also submit recommendations to prevent such incidents. Action would be initiated on the basis of the police probe. The accused police officers had already been arrested. The government would not protect the guilty, he said.
Referring to Rajkumar’s family members seeking a CBI probe, Mr. Vijayan said that they had not made such a demand when they met him and expressed satisfaction over the ongoing police inquiry. The government would not allow criminal elements in the force, he said.
Palarivattom flyover
The Palarivattom flyover in Kochi city was in a precarious state, with chinks being found in 97 girders. Piers too were unsafe. DMRC Principal Adviser E. Sreedharan had submitted a report detailing the flaws in the construction. The rehabilitation work would cost ₹ 18.5 crore. A bridge expected to have a durability had become unusable in two and a half years. This was unprecedented in the State, he said.
Mr. Vijayan clarified that the government was trying to implement the Supreme Court verdict on the church row on consensus than by using force.
