PATHANAMTHITTA: A police officer has been arrested for misbehaving with a woman on a KSRTC bus. The arrested person is Satheesh, a native of Kanchiyar in Idukki. He is an officer in IG Lakshmana's office. The accused committed the crime on the KSRTC bus traveling from Pathanamthitta to Thiruvananthapuram.

The employees of the bus informed the police soon after the woman complained. Following this, the police came and took Satheesh into custody.

Meanwhile, another woman passenger came up with a similar complaint against another police officer. CPO Shameer of the Konni police station was arrested on the complaint of a woman travelling to Adoor. Shameer, a native of Chembanaruvi in Pathanapuram, has been suspended from service.

The other day, a police officer who had been implicated in numerous serious cases was dismissed from service. R Jayasanil, who was the SHO of Ayiroor police station, was dismissed by the DGP. State police chief Sheikh Darvesh Sahib issued an order to sack Jayasanil.