Steephan Kayyar

Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod (SP)

Kasargod, Nov 11: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will be holding investigation into the circumstances leading to the unnatural death of the district magistrate here, B K Unnikrishnan (46).

NHRC has instructed Karnataka police to submit a report relating to this death through Karnataka Human Rights Commission. The commission proposes to hold investigation into the unfortunate incidents leading to the death of the magistrate.

It may be recalled that a friction of the magistrate, who was returning after his pilgrimage to Subrahmanya, with an auto rickshaw driver at Sullia over auto fare had reached Sullia police station. Later, Sullia police had said that the magistrate had obstructed them from discharging duties.

The commission has recommended to hold investigation into all aspects of the case and submit report thereof. The police here have got information that during the visit of the deceased to Sullia, he was accompanied by two advocates and a friend. The police are looking into reasons why these persons were not involved with the incidents reported, and which pressures and actual reasons worked behind the suicide by the officer.

Unnikrishnan had committed suicide by hanging himself at the residential quarters at Vidyanagar here on Wednesday morning. In view of the incidents reported from Sullia, high court registrar general had suspended him from service on Tuesday.

Native of Valappila in Thrissur district, Unnikrishnan was appointed as district magistrate here on August 23 this year. Before that, he was serving at the court at Kanhangad.

His body was handed over to his relatives after postmortem at Pariyaram Medical College Hospital. Funeral was conducted at Mullassery, Thrissur, on Thursday November 10.