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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Police torture camp in Kakkayam, Kerala}}<br />
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|Event_Name = Kakkayam Police Torture Camp<br />
|location = [[Kakkayam, Kozhikode|Kakkayam]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
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'''Kakkayam police torture camp''' was located in the forested areas of Kakkayam, [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]]. The camp was operational during the [[The Emergency (India)|Indian Emergency period]], primarily targeting [[Naxal]]s. The [[Rajan case]] happened there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/remembering-rajan-the-innocent-victim-of-brutal-emergency-excesses|title=Remembering Rajan, the Innocent Victim of Brutal Emergency Excesses|website=thewire.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/may-24-1977-forty-years-ago-rajan-died-in-custody-4670668/|title=May 24, 1977, Forty Years Ago: Rajan Died In Custody|date=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/naxalism-kerala.html|title=Spring thunder days in monsoon land|website=theweek.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forensicfield.blog/rajan-an-victim-of-a-police-brutality-in-terrifying-emergency-1977/|title=Rajan – An Victim of a Police Brutality In Terrifying Emergency (1977) - Forensic's blog|first=Forensics|last=Blog|date=5 November 2022|website=forensicfield.blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grandalstonia.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/koorachundu-village-panchayat-profile/|title=Koorachundu Village Panchayat – Profile|date=10 February 2017}}</ref><br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
The camp is mentioned in the 2018 [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Kaattu Vithachavar]]'', the 2008 film ''[[Sound of Boot]]'', and the 2025 film ''[[Eko (film)|Eko]]''.{{fact|date=February 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-03 |title=Kaattu Vithachavar Review {{!}} Kaattu Vithachavar Malayalam Movie Review by K. R. Rejeesh |url=https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/21188/malayalam/kaattu-vithachavar/11431/review/ |access-date=2026-03-22 |website=NOWRUNNING |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:The Emergency (India)]]<br />
[[Category:History of Kozhikode district]]<br />
[[Category:1970s in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Torture in India]]<br />
[[Category:Crime in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Internment camps]]<br />
[[Category:Torture camps]]</div>SanjayMurugesan220