Team News Riveting
Kochi, December 20
Widow of journalist SV Pradeep, who died in mysterious circumstances in an alleged hit-an-run case in Thiruvananthapuram, has expressed disappointment at the direction in which the probe was heading.
As per reports, preliminary police findings have found nothing suspicious about the ‘hit-and-run’ case that took place on Monday last.
Sreeja Nair, Pradeep’s wife, has said that he had faced threats over his reportage and he was being pressurised to withdraw his plea before the court for a CBI probe into the honey-trap case involving a senior Kerala minister.
On the basis of initial investigation, the police have ruled out ‘conspiracy’ angle. Sreeja, however, has expressed doubts over the accident and did not rule out a big conspiracy as her husband was a known critic of communist government in Kerala.
Sreeja said that only after Pradeep’s death it was known that the plea in honeytrap case was withdrawn. She further said that the investigation focussed only on the driver instead of looking into other angles. She urged the police to constitute a high-level team to investigate the matter.
The CCTV footage recovered by the police shows that the journalist was hit by an SML truck. The journalist can be seen on the road while the truck speeded away after crushing him to death.
