India, Oct. 28 -- The Kerala government on Wednesday removed Kaliraj Mahesh Kumar as the District Police Chief of Kochi City. It cited alleged lapses in the investigation into a crash involving the 17-year-old son of an additional district judge.

R. Nishanthini, a 2008-batch IPS officer now serving as Inspector General of Police (South Zone), will replace him, the government said. P. Prakash, who holds charge of the State Crime Records Bureau, takes over the South Zone post.

Kumar has not been given a new posting. The order followed a report by Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) P. Vijayan, who visited the accident site, examined police records and met the victim's family.

It came a day after four personnel of the Ch...