Kerala govt forms panel to probe into hammer throw incident

A three-member committee has been formed by the Kerala government to probe into the incident wherein a student suffered a serious head injury after being accidentally hit during a hammer throw at a junior athletics meet in Kottayam.

"Former physical education director of Kerala University K K Venu, former athletics coach of Sports Authority of India M B Sathyanandan and Arjuna awardee V Diju are the members of the panel," a press release from the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs said on Saturday.

Apheel Johnson, who was a volunteer, was struck when one of the competitors threw the hammer, a heavy iron ball, while he was reportedly removing a javelin from one side of the stadium on Friday.

A plus-one student of the St Thomas Higher Secondary School, Johnson has been in the intensive care unit of the Government Medical College Hospital, Kottayam,