Original sentence: Due to lack of evidence the charges against Padikkal could not be proven, and he was acquitted.He was in charge of the special cell that dealt with naxalites and other anti-emergency groups.However he is now mostly known for his conduct during the emergency.In  the book 'Jayaram Padikkal's Crime Diary', the biography of Mr.It was alleged that Padikkal made Rajendran eat the seized letter with chicken curry.Nawab Rajendran has claimed that Padikkal repented his role in all this.Padikkal also came under the cloud for his association with the then home minister K Karunakaran.Padikkal's role in this and several other cases of violation of human rights has been recounted in the biographies of several naxalite leaders like K Venu and in the memoir, 'With malice against none', written by Rajan's father.Padikkal, there is an account of how  Padikkal, then a DSP, ransacked Nawab Rajendran's office and destroyed some incriminating documents which would have framed Karunakaran in a corruption case.The gruesome details of the police state of those days was brought out in the Rajan case
Edited sentence: Due to lack of evidence the charges against Padikkal and his officers could not be proven, and they were acquitted.Karunakaran]], and also to the suspension and imprisonment of the officers accused in this case.The case led to the resignation of the then Chief Minister [Karunakaran|K.The case was about the illegal custody and torture of Rajan, an engineering student from Calicut.The infamous "Rajan Case" put Padikkal under the shadows for a while