Overview
- Crime Branch teams tracked and arrested Dr. M. K. Ram from Kodagu, Karnataka, and brought him to Kannur following the Supreme Court’s July 13 denial of his anticipatory bail.
- On Monday the Thalassery Principal District Sessions Court ordered his release because investigators had not clearly recorded or communicated the specific grounds of arrest as required by recent Supreme Court guidance.
- Police took Dr. Ram back into custody shortly after his court release and have filed an application to re‑arrest him while the Crime Branch continues questioning witnesses and family members.
- The Kerala High Court has voiced strong suspicions of a possible conspiracy or shielding by senior officers, and it has directed investigating officers and the special judge to produce arrest records and affidavits for review.
- The government has reconstituted the investigation under IG Ajeetha Begum, ordered departmental inquiries, and kept a parallel probe open into a Noida loan app whose agents are alleged to have pressured the student and led to separate arrests.