Thiruvananthapuram : Journalist SV Pradeep’s death will be probed in-depth by a special investigation team, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.in a media briefing Monday evening.
Pradeep was killed in a hit-and-run incident at Nemom this afternoon. The accident took place around 3 pm close to traffic signal at Karakkamandapam where a unidentified vehicle from the opposite direction hit Pradeep’s scooter and flung him to the road. Pradeep sustained serious injuries and though rushed to the hospital died soon after.
According to witnesses the rogue vehicle was a swaraj mazda pickup van. The journalist’s body is stored in the morgue at Thiruvananthapuram Medical college.
