Youth’s escape from Chevayur police station: Two cops suspended

Action following submission of inquiry report

District Police Chief (Kozhikode city) A.V. George has placed under suspension an Additional Sub Inspector and a Civil Police Officer from the Chevayur police station following a department-level investigation conducted into the incident in which one of the two youths earlier arrested in connection with a sexual assault case managed to escape from police custody.

The action was taken based on an internal investigation report submitted by Assistant Commissioner (Special Branch) A. Umesh. The report found that the two officials, who were on duty at the time of the incident, failed to adopt proper security measures to prevent the incident.

It was on Saturday that the two youths, Febin Rafi, 26, and Tom Thomas, 26, were arrested on the charge of sexually abusing two of the six girls who recently went missing from the Government Children’s Home. However, Febin Rafi escaped from the station by evening when the police officers were preparing to take him to the court. It took nearly two hours to track him from Vellimadukunnu.