KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 — Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer Insp S. Hare Krishnan, who has been implicated in the custodial death of N. Dhamendran, was today charged with the detainee’s murder, one day after surrendering himself to the authorities.
Hare Krishnan gave himself up at the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman yesterday, over a month after three colleagues were charged with Dhamendran’s murder.
Last week, it was reported that Hare Krishnan had lodged a police report on June 1 in which alleged he was being framed over the custodial death.
In it, Hare Krishnan claimed he had been told to free Dhamendran temporarily on May 21, before learning that other officers had allegedly impersonated him to re-arrest the suspect.
Dhamendran died later that same day.
