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A young doc has been taken into custody by the constabulary successful an alleged ‘hit-and-run’ lawsuit successful which a 19-year-old assemblage student, Jasliya Johnson, was killed successful Angamaly, Ernakulam, Kerala.
Cyriac George, a autochthonal of Athirampuzha successful Kottayam, was detained connected Friday from a edifice astatine Wagamon wherever helium was allegedly hiding pursuing the fatal mishap connected February 28.
“The accused was taken into custody pursuing accusation received by the Wagamon police. He volition beryllium handed implicit to the Angamaly constabulary and produced earlier the tribunal pursuing owed apprehension procedures,” said District constabulary Chief (Ernakulam Rural) K.S. Sudarshan.
Father arrested
Earlier successful the day, the Angamaly constabulary arrested the begetter of the premier accused for allegedly helping his lad evade the police. George Mathew, a businessman, was charged nether Section 249 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for “harbouring an offender”.
The apprehension of Mr. Mathew and the consequent detention of Dr. George follows mounting nationalist unit and protests.
On Wednesday, the students of Morning Star College, Angamaly, arsenic good arsenic younker wings of large governmental parties had staged a protestation successful beforehand of the Angamaly constabulary presumption demanding speedy apprehension of the accused.
The constabulary had connected Thursday issued a lookout announcement against Dr. George.
A autochthonal of Edavanakkad, Vypeen, Ernakulam, Ms. Johnson was a second-year B.Com pupil astatine Morning Star College. She met with the mishap astatine TELK Junction successful Angamaly connected February 28 portion returning from her part-time work.
Though she was rushed to a backstage infirmary successful Angamaly and aboriginal shifted to different infirmary for specialised treatment, she succumbed to injuries connected March 3.
