Kerala BDS student death: HC slams police for failing to follow protocol in arrest of professor M.K. Ram
The Kerala High Court has found that the grounds of arrest were not furnished to the accused, Dr. Ram, in the Kannur dental student death case when he was produced before the Special Judge the other day.Dr. Ram, a former HoD, is the prime accused in the death of Nithin Raj, a first-year student of Kannur Dental College, Anjarakandy.
- ▪The Kerala High Court has found that the grounds of arrest were not furnished to the accused, Dr.
- ▪Ram, in the Kannur dental student death case when he was produced before the Special Judge the other day.Dr.
- ▪Ram, a former HoD, is the prime accused in the death of Nithin Raj, a first-year student of Kannur Dental College, Anjarakandy.
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The Kerala High Court has found that the grounds of arrest were not furnished to the accused, Dr. M.K. Ram, in the Kannur dental student death case when he was produced before the Special Judge the other day.Dr. Ram, a former HoD, is the prime accused in the death of Nithin Raj, a first-year student of Kannur Dental College, Anjarakandy. Dr. Ram was charged with abetment to suicide and offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He was denied bail at all levels, from the Special Court, Thalassery, to the Supreme Court. Kerala professor’s arrest in BDS student’s death raises larger questions on safeguards against ‘illegal’ arrestsThe Single Bench of Justice A.
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