SIT formed to probe journalist's death in Kerala

Journalist SV Pradeep, who had previously worked with a few Malayalam TV channels was employed in an online portal, died in a road accident near Karaikkamandapam here on Monday evening. Efforts are on to trace the vehicle that caused the accident.

Thiruvananthapuram:A special investigation team has been formed by police to probe the death of journalist SV Pradeep, who was killed in an accident on Monday.

He died in a road accident near Karaikkamandapam here on Monday evening.

Pradeep, who was travelling on a two-wheeler, was hit by a vehicle coming from the same direction. The police said that there was no CCTV camera in the area.

The police said Pradeep was travelling in a two-wheeler when he was hit by another vehicle that was moving in the same direction.

Police personnel are currently focussing on tracing the vehicle that caused the accident.

The Kerala Union of Working Journalist (KUWJ) has given a memorandum to the Kerala Director General of Police to probe the mysterious circumstances under which the journalist died.

ANI