Police form special team to probe Walayar case

The Kerala Police have formed a special team to reinvestigate the death by suspected suicide of two minor Dalit girls, both sisters from an impoverished family, at Walayar in Palakkad in 2017. State Police Chief Loknath Behera has tapped R. Nishanthini, Superintendent of Police, to head the probe. He has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) for the purpose.