Coastal police SHO accused in rape case suspended

Kerala police on Sunday said they have suspended Bekkal coastal police station house officer SHO P R Sunu, an accused in multiple criminal cases with the latest being a case of rape.ADGP Law and order M R Ajith Kumar said the suspension was based on a report filed by the Ernakulam city police commissioner C H Nagaraju stating that Sunu has connections with allegedly undesirable elements.Thrikkakara police, in Ernakulam district, recently registered a rape case against Sunu and others over the complaint of a woman and took him into custody.The investigation into that case is on.

Kerala police on Sunday said they have suspended Bekkal coastal police station house officer (SHO) P R Sunu, an accused in multiple criminal cases with the latest being a case of rape.

ADGP (Law and order) M R Ajith Kumar said the suspension was based on a report filed by the Ernakulam city police commissioner C H Nagaraju stating that Sunu has connections with allegedly undesirable elements.

Thrikkakara police, in Ernakulam district, recently registered a rape case against Sunu and others over the complaint of a woman and took him into custody.

''The investigation into that case is on. However, he was suspended over the report that he has connections with undesirable elements in society,'' Kumar told PTI.

Nagaraju said there were over four criminal cases registered against the police official, who has also faced departmental action over 10 times.

''The Thrikkakara police had earlier taken him into custody as part of the investigation into the rape case. However, the arrest was not recorded as there was not much evidence,'' Nagaraju said.

Incidentally, Sunu today took charge at the coastal police station after being released from custody and was later instructed to go on leave.

Police sources said the accused officer and others had sexually assaulted the woman, whose husband was jailed in some case.