THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: DGP Anilkanth severely criticized Thiruvananthapuram Rural SP D Shilpa for not arresting the two inspectors accused in the molestation case. Kollam and Thrissur commissioners were also criticized for failing to investigate the case.'Kerala Kaumudi' had reported yesterday that police organizations and high-ranking officials and political leadership have come forward with pressure not to take action against policemen who are accused in harassment cases. The DGP intervened after that.
Accused in cases of abusing a woman doctor and a family friend, and again arrested for forging a document to get bail in one of these cases, CI AV Saiju has been absconding for months and has not been arrested.Saiju is the leader of Police Officers Association. It was found that Saiju had misused his official position by using his own daughter to file a false case against the complainant and her husband in the rape case and extorting money from the doctor who abused her.
Kerala Kaumudi had also pointed out that even though the anticipatory bail plea of former SHO R Jayasanal of Ayirur, who subjected the POCSO suspect to unnatural sexual harassment, was rejected in January, he has not been arrested yet. Another forgery case was filed against the accused for not paying the demanded one and a half lakhs. Jayasanal is currently under suspension.
The commissioners of Kollam and Thrissur were criticized for the failure of the investigation in the case of the attack on a soldier and his brother in Kilikollur and financial fraud cases. They could not explain the investigation details to the DGP.