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* Custodial death: State for reinvestigation * Staff Reporter Thiruvananthapuram: The Government will seek permission of the court for reinvestigating the custodial death of Udayakumar at the Fort police station two years ago, Minister for Home and Tourism Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said. Replying to questions in the Assembly on Monday, the Minister said several lapses had been found in the investigation into the death of the youth in police custody. "The court's permission is needed for reinvestigation and the police have been instructed to take necessary steps in this direction." Mr. Balakrishnan said the accused were three policemen and the witnesses were taken to the court for giving their statement. The Home Minister assured the House that the Government would see to that the culprits were punished. In reply to another question, the Home Minister said the Government would not encourage third degree methods in police stations. Stern action would be taken against those violating the Government directive in this regard. Although a Police Complaint Authority had been set up with the former High Court judge K.K. Dinesan as chairman to look into complaints above SP and above, it had not started functioning. The district-level authorities headed by former district judges would look into the complaints below the rank of DySP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
