Eyewitnesses said Manoharan, taken into custody during vehicle inspection, was subjected to brutal harassment

KOCHI: The locals levelled serious allegations against the Tripunithura Hill Palace police in connection with the death of a person, who collapsed and died soon after taken into custody. The dead is Manoharan (52), son of Reghuvaran of Irumbanam Karshaka Colony.

Manoharan, a construction worker, during a vehicle inspection, stopped his bike a bit forward. This provoked the police and eyewitnesses said they slapped him.

Two cops stopped Manoharan. When found that he was not drunk, the police forcefully took him to the station on the charge of negligent driving.

The police took Manoharan into custody on Saturday night at 8.45 pm from Irumbanam Karshaka Colony. Manoharan collapsed soon after reaching the station. He was immediately taken to Tripunithura taluk hospital and from here, shifted him to Ernakulam Medical Trust Hospital in an ambulance, but his life could not be saved.