KANNUR: The footage and mobile tower location show that ADM Naveen Babu spent more than five hours brooding in the railway station before committing suicide. The police received the CCTV footage showing the last hours of ADM Naveen Babu. The CCTV footage obtained from the railway station clearly shows the mental tension the ADM went through during his final hours.

On the 14th of October, Naveen Babu booked tickets in Malabar Express to return home and take charge in Pathanamthitta the next day. The train was scheduled to leave Kannur at 8.45 pm. Naveen Babu reached the premises of Kannur railway station around 6.35 pm directly from the collectorate after attending the controversial farewell function. There were still two more hours for his train so ADM decided to go to his quarters and rest.

He returned at 8.45 pm but the train had left. ADM did not move from the station and got seated on one of the benches. He spent hours sitting on the bench, occasionally skimming through his mobile phone. At one stage, he even stepped down to the rail tracks from the platform. Early dawn the next day, he returned to his quarters in Pallikkunnu and it is expected to have committed suicide between 4.30 am and 6 am.