CBI officer’s death: HC nod to quiz District Judge


 Wednesday, April 4, 2012: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday gave permission to question District Judge B Vijayan in connection with the death of DySP Haridath (52), who investigated the custodial death of Sampath, the prime accused in the Puthur Sheela murder case.
In the suicide note, Haridath had mentioned the name of Vijayan. Following this, the Crime Branch team approached High Court seeking permission to interrogate Judge.
During the investigation into the custodial death case, Haridath had given several reports against top police officials like Vijay Sakhare and Muhammed Yasin, who were named as 15 and 16 in the case.
Sampath, the prime accused in Puthur Sheela murder case was killed on March 2010 after the police had tortured him while he was in custody. The CBI took over the investigation following a High Court order.

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