05 June,2018 08:04 AM IST | Thiruvananthapuram | Agencies
IUML MLA Parakkal Abdullah arrives in the Kerala assembly, wearing a mask and gloves to seek attention of the House towards the outbreak of Nipah virus, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Monday. Pic/PTI
The alleged incident of honour killing of a Dalit Christian man last month rocked the Kerala Assembly on Monday, with the Opposition disrupting the proceedings to press its demand for a CBI investigation.
The UDF members, who entered the House carrying placards with slogans against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and police written on them, alleged that "laxity and lapse" on the part of the local police had resulted in the gruesome killing of 23-year-old Kevin P Joseph.
Joseph was abducted on May 27 from Kottayam by a gang allegedly hired by his fiancee's family. His body was recovered from a river in Kollam district the next day. Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala said lapses by the law enforcers had become a "daily affair".
