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Met police accused of racism in teenager’s death probe

Krishna Chummun’s family are fighting to discover what happened the day he went missing

By: Eastern Eye Staff

The parents of a student whose body was pulled from the River Thames two years ago have accused the Metropolitan Police of racism because of their alleged handling of the case. Krishna Chummun,19, went missing on August 7, 2015, after playing football with friends in Enfield, north London. His body was recovered from the Thames two months later, on October 10. However, it took the police until December 21 to identify him using dental records during a speculative one-off search of the national database. It wasn’t until Boxing Day (December 26) that year that Krishna’s parents were told their son…

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