DU professor death: Friend says deceased had discussed with his mother about going to CBI

Hours before they died, DU professor Alan Stanley and his mother had talked about seeking a CBI probe into the death of his stepfather as they were frustrated by the media trial, a family friend said on Tuesday.

The decapitated body of Stanley (27), who was an ad-hoc professor in Delhi University's (DU) St Stephen's College, was found on the railway tracks at Sarai Rohilla on Saturday while his mother Lissy was found hanging from a ceiling fan, with her mouth stuffed with a piece of cloth, in their Pitampura flat.

The crime branch of Kerala Police is probing the abetment-to-suicide case registered against Stanley and his mother in Idukki district.

TD Thomas, a family friend said,"Last Saturday, Alan and Lissy told me over phone that they cannot withstand the media trial and requested me to file a case in the court seeking CBI enquiry into Wilson's (Lissy's second husband) death.

"I even met an advocate and was arranging for it. But by that time I got a message that they are no more."