ALAPPUZHA: The police team probing the accident death case of Ishrat case petitioner
Gopinatha Pillai, 78, said that they have traced the truck that rammed into the car in which Pillai was travelling in.
Pattanakad sub-inspector B Shajimon said based on the CCTV visuals, they have traced the vehicle and recorded the arrest of its driver Anilkumar,42, on Friday. He was released on bail later.
"As per his statements, his truck rear-ended the car in which Pillai was travelling in when the car unexpectedly applied the brake. After hitting the car, he also lost control and entered his truck in the median. We have checked his all details and phone calls. He was an ordinary man and there is no mystery in the accident. However, we have not received the forensic examination details till date," said the sub-inspector.
The death case of Gopinatha Pillai has been registered as road traffic accident case, he added.
Gopinatha Pillai, whose son Javed Ghulam Sheikh was killed in an alleged fake encounter by Gujarat police in 2004, died on April 13 following a road accident.
Pillai, a native of Nooranad, who was engaged in a legal fight to prove the innocence of his son branded as a terrorist, met with the accident on April 11 at Vayalar Junction on National Highway 66 here while on his way to a private hospital in Kochi for a medical check-up. The Maruti 800 car was being driven by his brother Madhavan Pillai.
According to the statements of Madhavan Pillai, "a car that was moving in front of them applied brake. Then he slowed down the car and it was rear-ended by a lorry. Pillai lost control, his car crossed the median and collided with another lorry coming from opposite direction."