Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): In the wake of the allegations, the probe into the murder of Youth League activist Mansoor has been handed over to the State Crime Branch. A team lead by Crime Branch IG Sparjan Kumar will investigate the case.
Crime Branch IG Gopesh Agarwal is in charge of supervision.
Kannur Crime Branch DySP Vikram is the new investigating officer.
There were allegations of political bias against District Crime Branch DySP Ismail who was the investigating officerl.
Earlier, Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala had demanded that an IPS officer be assigned to investigate.
The family of the Mansoor had alleged that even after revealing the names of the culprits the investigation team were not willing to arrest them.
