Death of law student: accused inspector suspended

Mr. Sudheer was initially removed from the charge of Aluva East police station and was later transferred to police headquarters

A day after Congress raised a storm demanding the suspension of inspector C.L. Sudheer who was named in a suicide note left behind by a young law student who allegedly took her life owing to domestic violence and dowry-related harassment, the State government suspended the officer on the morning of November 26.

State Police Chief Anil Kant has ordered his suspension pending a departmental inquiry. Mr. Sudheer was initially removed from the charge of Aluva East police station and was later transferred to police headquarters. This had not gone down well with opposition who tried to storm the office of the District Police Chief (Ernakulam Rural) in protest leading to a pitched battle with the police on November 25.

The note left behind by the victim Mofia Parveen (21) ended with a “final wish”, demanding action against her husband Mohammed Suhail and his family and also against the Inspector who she accused spoke very rudely to her in front of her husband and father when they were called to the station in connection with a domestic violence complaint she had filed a month ago.