Kochi Police Commissioner transferred amid ongoing judge-son hit-and-run probe
News18 reported that on 28 October Kochi City Police Commissioner Kaliraj Mahesh Kumar was transferred to another posting, with R Nishanthini appointed as his successor, and the District Crime Branch assumed control of the high-profile hit-and-run investigation involving the son of an Additional District Judge. Bar and Bench said the Ernakulam Juvenile Justice Board granted bail to the 17-year-old son of the judge after he was charged with rash driving and causing death by negligence.
The Hindu noted that the judge himself was booked under the Motor Vehicles Act, while NDTV reported that the teen was arrested for driving a Mercedes at high speed that struck and killed street vendor Jayabalakrishnan. NDTV also detailed that the Kerala government suspended four police officers and amended the FIR, and later searched the judge’s residence as part of the probe.
