Kakkayam torture camp

Kakkayam torture camp
LocationKakkayam, Kerala, India

Kakkayam police torture camp was located in the forested areas of Kakkayam, Kozhikode, Keralam. The camp was operational during the Indian Emergency period, primarily targeting Naxals. The Rajan case happened there.[1][2][3][4][5]

The camp was mentioned in the 2018 Malayalam film Kaattu Vithachavar, and in the 2008 film Sound of Boot.

References

  1. ^ "Remembering Rajan, the Innocent Victim of Brutal Emergency Excesses". thewire.in.
  2. ^ "May 24, 1977, Forty Years Ago: Rajan Died In Custody". May 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "Spring thunder days in monsoon land". theweek.in.
  4. ^ Blog, Forensics (November 5, 2022). "Rajan – An Victim of a Police Brutality In Terrifying Emergency (1977) - Forensic's blog". forensicfield.blog.
  5. ^ "Koorachundu Village Panchayat – Profile". February 10, 2017.