Former Kerala police chief Siby Mathews gets anticipatory bail in ex-ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan’s wrongful prosecution case
The Hindu
Siby Mathews is the fourth accused in the case registered in May this year. He had headed the ‘ISRO spy case’ Special Investigation Team
A Thiruvananthapuram district court has granted anticipatory bail to former Kerala Director General of Police (DGP) Siby Mathews after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had arraigned him as accused in the police frame-up, leading to the wrongful arrest, custodial torture and unjustified incarceration of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan and others in 1994. Mr. Mathews is the fourth accused in the case registered in May. He had headed the ‘ISRO spy case’ Special Investigation Team. His deputies at the time, K. K. Joshua, S. Vijayan and Thampi. S. Durgadutt, were also accused of the crime, along with the then Deputy Director, Intelligence Bureau, R. B. Sreekumar.More Related News