New Delhi, June 1 -- On 28 May, Divyanshu Joshi, a Delhi-based model, drowned in an abandoned quarry that had turned into a deep lake in Kerala's Mudakuzha village.

According to Sarin A.S., station house officer (SHO) of Kodanad Police Station in Ernakulam district, where the case has been registered, the 26-year-old had travelled to Kerala for an advertisement shoot for a Delhi-based textile firm. The FIR names the complainant as Rajeev Neelakantan of Kochi-based Rubberband Productions, which had been hired by the Delhi firm for the assignment.

As news of the incident emerged in Kerala's local media, it became clear that mandatory permission to enter the quarry had not been obtained from the panchayat. Sarin confirmed the same to Mint....