Rajan case
Rajan Case is an event that shook the political and cultural landscape of Kerala in the 1970's. This refers to the unlawful arrest, torture and death of P Rajan, a final year engineering student of NITC, then the Regional Engineering College. He was picked up from the college by the Kerala Police along with Joseph Chaaly, also a student of REC, as a part of an investigation of their involvement in the Kaayanna Police Station attack on the 1st of March 1976. This was also the peak of the Emergency Period in India, when all fundamental rights of Indian citizens were suspended. It also coincided with the highest point of the Naxal Movement in Kerala. Rajan was detained unlawfully in Kakkayam Police Camp, under the supervision of Jayaram Padikkal, the then Crime Branch DIG of Kerala. He was never released despite the police having no clear proof of him being involved in the attack. There are also theories that Rajan was arrested as a vengeance tactic for having sung the song "Kanakasimhasanathil Kayari Irikkunavan Shumbano atho Shunakano" (a Malayalam song from the movie Arakkallan Mukkaalkallan which translates to the one who sits in the golden throne- is he an idiot or a dog?) when a minister visited REC. Rajan case is not just a landmark case but also a reminder to the student body of NITC of the importance of questioning authority who we are often taught to obey mindlessly. It tells us the necessity of politics for a student and reminds us of our roots. Every year, NITC conducts the Cultural Fest RAGAM to remember Rajan who was also a very culturally active student of REC.
His father, Professor T V Echaara Warrier fought a long and strenuous legal battle to bring the police officers and the politicians (including the then Minister of Home Affairs and later Kerala Chief Minister, K Karunakaran) behind his son's unlawful arrest to the court of law. The police had to finally confirm that he died in custody after the first Habeus Corpus suit to be filed in the Kerala High Court. His remains are yet to be found.
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T V Eachara Warrier's Book- Memories of a Father