noted. JP On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Maya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > No cases of this type would find no conclusion?! > > (This was a news I tried to send from the site of The Hindu. It didn`t work > out I think.) > > > KOTTAYAM: V.V. Augustine, former Additional Sub-Inspector (ASI) who had > carried out the inquest on the body of Sr. Abhaya 16 years ago, was found > dead in a compound near his house on Tuesday afternoon. He was 72. > > According to relatives, Augustine, Vazhekkad House, Chalachira, Ithithanam, > near Changanassery, visited the house of his son, nearly half a kilometre > away from his own, by noon. He saw the news coverage of the Abhaya murder > case on TV and left the house by 1 p.m. Since he had not reached his house > after some time, his daughter-in-law informed his son of the matter. His > son, a serving policeman in the State Police Department at Changanassery, > arrived there with a few of his friends in search of his father. The body > was found in a nearby compound by 4 p.m. > > His left wrist was found cut and there was frothing at the mouth. The > Chingavanom police arrived at the scene soon and a police contingent, led by > Kottayam Deputy Superintendent of Police P.K. Madhu, later. The body has not > been removed from the spot as it was already late evening. Police sources > said a letter had been retrieved from the body. They said they suspected > that it was a case of suicide. > > Augustine was ASI at the Kottayam (West) police station when Sr. Abhaya's > body was found in the well of her convent hostel on March 27, 1992. He was > one of the first police officers who arrived at the scene. The inquest on > the body of Sr. Abhaya was conducted under the leadership of Augustine. He > was also one of the key figures of the local police team that investigated > the unnatural death during the first 17 days, before it was handed over to > the Crime Branch. The local police had concluded that the unnatural death > was a case of suicide. > > However, during the investigation of the first Central Bureau of > Investigation (CBI) team, led by the then Dy.SP Varghese P. Thomas, who took > charge after ten months of the death of Sr. Abhaya, discrepancies in the > police FIR and the report of the Fire Force had come to light. Subsequent > CBI teams had questioned Augustine in connection with the murder case. Early > this year, he was asked, along with a few others, to undergo a narco > analysis by the CBI. However, he refused to undergo the test citing health > reasons. According to relatives, he has been to Kochi on Monday as the CBI > had summoned him. > > > -- > Maya S. > School of Social Sciences > Mahatma Gandhi University > Kottayam-41 > Kerala, India > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
