The police also verified his phone conversations and found nothing unnatural
Deepu K. Thankappan, accused in the attempted train derailment case, is being taken to the spot for collecting evidence. (Photo: DC)
Kottayam: The youth who made three attempts to derail the trains near Kottaym between Thursday night and Friday early morning might have done so due to hallucination, according to the police.
The accused, Deepu K. Thankappan, 35, was remanded in judicial custody by the Changanassery first class judicial magistrate court on Saturday. He was charged under the railway Act for disrupting train services and riding a bike through the railway track.
A team from Chingavanam police station earlier took him to the crime spots, the Mooledom railway overbridge and Channanikkadu overbridge near Kottayam, for taking evidence.
Sub-inspector K.P. Thomson told DC that the accused had confessed to the crime. “According to our preliminary probe, the accused perpetrated the crime out of hallucination. We have met the psychiatrist who was treating him,” he said.
The police also verified his phone conversations and found nothing unnatural. However, they were probing other angles also behind the incident.
Psychiatrist Dr Roy Abraham Kallivayalil said that hallucination could occur due to psychiatric ailments. Such persons will have suicidal tendencies, Dr Roy said.
“Even neurological diseases can cause hallucinations. However, such claims should be proved by doctors with the treatment records,” he added.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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