ASI suspended following spat with CPI-M leader's son

Kannur: An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police was on Thursday suspended for allegedly misbehaving with a local CPI-M leader's son on January 10, the police said. Manoj Kumar (48) attached to Mattanur station in the district has been suspended after a preliminary probe, they said. A detailed inquiry into the spat between Ashish P Raj, son of CPI-M Kannur district secretary P Jayarajan and the police officer, is going on, the police added.

Raj, who was returning from Bengaluru by bus with a group of girls, which included his cousin, reached Mattanur in the morning of January 10.