POTHENCODE: A departmental investigation has been announced against Mangalapuram CI SL Sajeesh in the incident of releasing an accused in a theft case from the lock-up to trap the SI. Attingal DySP Jayakumar is in charge of the investigation. CI Sajeesh had allegedly attempted to trap Mangalapuram SI Amrit Singh Nayak by releasing the accused. The incident happened last January.

Rural SP D Shilpa gave directions for the investigation after it became clear from the CCTV footage that the accused was released by the CI. The SI had filed a complaint alleging that the CI attempted to deliberately trap him as he did not support him in corruption.

The accused, who was arrested in the timber theft case, escaped from the lock-up at night. The next day, the police team led by Sajeesh arrested the accused. Later, departmental action was taken against SI Amrit Singh and the policeman who was on duty at the station. During the investigation conducted as part of this, the SI lodged a complaint to the Rural SP alleging that he was deliberately trapped. He also produced the CCTV footage which showed the CI helping the accused to escape from the jail.