Handling of case by police comes under intense scrutinyProtests continued to mount over the suicide of a couple in Neyyattinkara even as the Kerala government offered on Tuesday to support their children. The plight of their sons, Rahul and Renjith, prompted Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to take up the issue. The handling of the case by the Neyyattinkara police also came under intense scrutiny with various quarters faulting them for refusing to back down after Rajan threatened to commit suicide after dousing themselves in petrol. State Police Chief Loknath Behera instituted an inquiry and tasked District Police Chief (Thiruvananthapuram Rural) B. Asokan with the probe. Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala sought to put the blame for the couple’s death squarely on the government and the police.

Source: The Hindu December 29, 2020 20:05 UTC