*Udayakumar case: All witnesses turn hostile* Thursday July 12 2007 11:24 IST T'PURAM: http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20070712010307&Page=O&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0
Making mockery of the criminal justice system, all the eyewitnesses, including five police officials, in the sensational Udayakumar custodial death case have turned hostile. While three police officials turned hostile earlier, two others Pushparajan and Mohanan, turned hostile on Wednesday. This has sparked off allegations that the Crime Branch that probed into the case did not take adequate steps to prevent such a situation. Even during the time of investigation, there were reports that the eyewitnesses are under strong pressure from the Police Association to favour the accused police constables, Suresh, Jithakumar and Sreekumar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is a battle for freedom. It is a battle for the reclamation of human personality." - Dr BR Ambedkar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
