Kerala boat tragedy: Police constitute special team, charge vessel owner with murder
India TodayTwo days after a fatal boat mishap had claimed 22 lives in this north Kerala district, murder charge has been slapped against the owner of the vessel who was caught from nearby Kozhikode, police said here on Tuesday. Malappuram district police chief Sujith Das S, who is heading a special investigation team constituted to probe the incident, said the arrest of the accused was recorded and he would be produced before a local court within 24 hours. Earlier in the day, sate police chief Anil Kant issued an order constituting a special team to investigate into the mishap which had claimed 22 lives in Tanur area of Malappuram district on Sunday evening. Sujith Das S would head the team, in which Tanur DYSP V V Benny, Tanur station house officer Jeevan George and Kondotty ASP Vijay Bharat Reddy would be the members, an official statement said. While announcing a judicial probe into the tragedy on Monday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had also said that a special investigation team of the Kerala police would also probe the matter.
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