Police officer drowns in boat capsize
The Hindu
Team was on its way to an island in Anjuthengu lake to apprehend a murder accused
A 27-year-old civil police officer, who was inducted into the Kerala Police in September, drowned after a country boat carrying him and a few other officials capsized in the Anjuthengu lake on Saturday.
S. Balu, an officer attached to the Special Armed Police (SAP) camp in Peroorkada, was part of a team led by Varkala station house officer (SHO) Prasanth that was on its way to apprehend an accused in the recent murder of Sudheesh in Pothencode.
The incident occurred around 11.30 a.m. after the team hired a motor-powered country boat from near the Panayilkadavu bridge, a short distance from Varkala. They intended to row to an island near Anjuthengu where ‘Ottakam’ Rajesh, the second accused in the murder case, was believed to be hiding.