THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A total of 1300 police officials with criminal-mafia links will be removed from local police stations. Civil police officers to SI ranked ones are placed on the list that has now reached the police headquarters. The police chief has called for the stations in the state to be turned into a place of sanctity.

Meanwhile, the mandatory transfer season is here for the police department. Officers who have completed three years at the same location will be subjected to transfer. Along with this, the tainted officers will be put on duty that restricts direct interaction with the public. As a punitive action, they will be transferred to places outside their hometown.

Officers who are charged with cases, with poor behavior records with people are the ones who are subjected to punishment transfer. From every station, the special branch officers have collected details. Besides this, the intelligence report and the vigilance unit reports on officers helped in the process. According to reports, the officers will be removed from local police stations before the start of May.