Nine AAI officials arrested for CISF trooper's murder

Kozhikode (Kerala), June 12: Nine Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials were on Friday arrested on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the death of a CISF trooper in a brawl at Kozhikode airport. B. Santhosh, a member of Kerala Police probe team probing the Wednesday night brawl between Central Industrial Security Force and Airports Authority of India officials, told IANS that all nine accused - attached with fire and rescue department - would be produced before a magistrate on Saturday. The body of 44-year-old CISF jawan A.S. Yadav, was flown to Mumbai from Kochi on Friday morning, from where it would be flown to his hometown Varanasi. "The arrests were made after checking CCTV footage at the airport several times. The probe is continuing and as and when more evidence is secured, further arrests will be made," said Santhosh, a circle inspector attached to Kondotty police station in Malappuram district, where the case was registered.