By Express News Service
KOCHI: A day after the Kochi City police arrested Martin Joseph, who’s accused of raping and torturing a 27-year-old designer after detaining her in a luxurious flat within the metropolis for almost a month, City Police Commissioner C Nagaraju on Friday admitted that there have been lapses on the police’s half in investigating the sensational case promptly.
He mentioned the police turned critical solely after the information hit the headlines. “Although we started an investigation into the case, we admit that we didn’t give much attention to it earlier. Only limited resources were used to find the accused. But we came to understand the seriousness of the issue when the news regarding the case hit the headlines,” Nagaraju mentioned at a press convention.
He mentioned a department-level inquiry will likely be carried out to seek out out the causes of delay in launching the investigation. “Despite the grave charges in the complaint, there were some lapses on the part of the officers in informing the top officers. A team headed by ACP K P Philip will head the department-level inquiry. This is to prevent recurrence of such incidents in the future,” mentioned the commissioner.
He additionally added that every one authorized procedures have been initiated. “ There were no procedural lapses in the case. We were able to cancel the bail when Martin approached the district court,” commissioner added. The police have drawn flak for his or her failure to arrest the prime accused within the case although the sufferer had filed the criticism on April 8. The case abruptly got here beneath the highlight when images of the lady from Kannur with bruises throughout her physique surfaced on social media.
Despite it being a heinous crime, the police had sat on the criticism for nearly two months. The delay was attributed to the election responsibility and lockdown, following a spike in Covid circumstances within the metropolis.
