Clashes among goons are nothing new. But it is not unusual to see goons march around with chopped limbs, challenging locals and police. But that is the message they are ‘hurling’ at those who want to live in peace. This should not be allowed. The attackers posed a major challenge to law and order. They are ruling the roost may be with the support of the police.
Despite the ongoing violence on the borders of Kazhakoottam, Menankulam and Pothencode police stations, there has been no planned joint police action to curb it. That's is why the quotation groups are growing stronger and stronger. There are reports that they have leaked a lot of information from the police themselves. Sudheesh, who was killed at Pothencode College, is wanted by the police in another case. Before the police could find the place where he was hiding, the Quotations team came, chopped off his hand and leg and killed him. This violence raises the question whether the quotation teams even have a better system in place than the police for intelligence inputs. Frequent incidents prove that the local police are failing to maintain law and order in these areas.
Minister GR who visited the house where the Pothencode murder took place sharply criticized the police. The minister himself had to point out that the police were constantly failing to take action against the goons and that the unwillingness to take timely action on complaints had helped the criminal gangs to grow.
Modern Thiruvananthapuram is developing along with Kazhakoottam. Naturally, the cash flow in these places will be higher. Quotation groups are trying to take advantage of this through extortion and so on. Realizing this, the time has come to form a special squad led by an IPS officer who is competent and unyielding to subdue them. Such squads operated in the city years ago. At that time, all the goons had left the city for fear of an IPS officer. All quotation teams will pull their heads inwards and withdraw if they are sure that strong legal action will be taken by the police. Such actions should come from top cops.