Alappuzha family vows to continue legal fight against former DGP Thachankary

For 36 years, an Alappuzha-based family and former DGP Tomin J Thachankary have been locked in a long battle that began with a complaint and continued through years of court proceedings.

On Thursday, the dispute took a significant turn when a court sentenced the former IPS officer to imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case.

Complainant Bobby Kuruvila, a member of the family, however, said the legal battle was far from over and vowed to pursue further action.

A Vigilance court in Kottayam on Thursday sentenced Thachankary to four years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹30.84 lakh for amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. He was later shifted to Poojappura Central Jail in Thiruvananthapuram.