Thiruvananthapuram: The State Police Department on Sunday said goodbye to civilian police officers, who died after the boat was upside down at the Kadakkavoor Lake on Saturday.
Senior police officers, including the National Police Chief of Anil Kant paid homage to the people who died when the mortal remains were taken to a special armed police camp (SAP) in Peroorkada on Sunday.
After this, his body was taken to his ancestral home at Alissery near Punnapra in the Alappuzha district for the funeral.
Balu is a member of the SAP battalion and he is in a representative at Varkala Station for the Duty of Sivagiri pilgrimage.
Balu is part of a team of four members led by Varkala Station House Officer Inspector V S Prasanth to arrest suspects of murder – Ottakam Rajesh – want to be in connection with the murder of Sudheesh in Pothencode.
They departed with the traditional boat to look for backwater island Pannumthuruth near Panayil Kadavu under the limit of the anchuthengu police station when the accident occurred around 12 noon on Saturday.