A probe has been launched into the reported missing of court documents in three criminal cases, including the Abhimanyu murder case, from the Ernakulam District and Sessions Court.
P.K. Mohandas, the Additional District and Sessions Judge 8, Ernakulam, will carry out a preliminary probe regarding the missing documents.
Besides the documents in the sensational Abhimanyu murder case, a few court records related to a case booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and another one booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act were reported to have gone missing. It was while considering an application for a certified copy of the case documents that the instance of missing papers in the Abhimanyu case was noticed.
