Kottayam: A senior civil police officer died as he was knocked down by an over-speeding motorbike while checking vehicles at Nagampadam in the wee hours of Tuesday.
Ajesh, 50, from Pampady, working at East Station, was on duty at the Aid Post when the bike mowed him down at around 1.30 a.m.
The bike rider did not stop the vehicle despite the police asking him, and hit down Ajesh. He was rushed to the Medical College Hospital, but succumbed to his injuries.
The police said the bike rider could have been drunk.