Kerala High Court orders Kochi city commissioner to investigate police ransom allegations

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A suo motu case was opened on the basis of a newspaper article and Judge Devan Ramachandran ordered the commissioner to investigate all aspects mentioned in the media report and to file a sealed report in court.

The Kerala High Court opened a suo motu case on Wednesday based on a newspaper article claiming that a Delhi family residing in Kochi was being harassed by police and that police demanded 5 lakh for releasing their two. girls.

Judge Devan Ramachandran ordered the Kochi Town Police Commissioner to investigate all aspects mentioned in the newspaper article and to file a sealed report in court.

The court also ordered the commissioner to ensure that the family is not subjected to harassment or harassment in any way. The court appointed lawyer AV Jojo as amicus curiae in the case.

According to an article in a Malayalam newspaper, the two sisters disappeared from their home on August 21. The police then informed the parents that the girls had left by train for Mumbai and asked them to go to Delhi and find them. With the help of Delhi Police, the girls were found with two men. It was later revealed that the girls had been raped. Kerala police arrested one of the two men, Subair, and returned the two girls to Kochi.

Arrested threads

The newspaper article added that the police refused to return the girls to the family and asked the parents to marry the eldest daughters to the accused. The report also alleged that the police demanded 5 lakh to release the girls from custody. The family also alleged that their two sons were arrested by police for assaulting their sisters.

The court said it was certainly aware that every story had two sides. But, according to the newspaper’s report, it was certainly an issue that should get the court’s attention.

The court, while ordering the registration of the case for further examination on October 25, found that very serious allegations had been made against some police officers by the family.

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