Backwash of LDF MLA Anvar’s charges against ADGP Ajith Kumar rocks Kerala government, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announces high-level police investigation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Backwash of LDF MLA Anvar’s charges against ADGP Ajith Kumar rocks Kerala government, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announces high-level police investigation

The Hindu  

The backwash of the accusations raised by Left Democratic Front Independent legislator PV Anvar against M.R. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced a high-level police inquiry in Mr. Kumar’s presence at the Kerala Police Association’s State conference in Kottayam. Mr. Kumar said he sought the investigation and petitioned Mr. Vijayan and State Police Chief S. Darvesh Sahib for a “government probe”. Mr. Das also drew the Chief Minister’s Office into the controversy by claiming that Mr. Vijayan’s political secretary P. Sasi had given Mr. Kumar free reins over the police. Mr. Anvar pointedly accused Mr. Sasi of “failing” the Chief Minister by repeatedly “ignoring” red flags that should have alerted the government about Mr. Kumar’s alleged wrongdoings.

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Inquiry against A.P. IPS officer Sunil Kumar
2 months, 1 week ago

Inquiry against A.P. IPS officer Sunil Kumar

The Hindu  

Government, after careful examination of the matter, have decided to conduct regular inquiry into the charge framed against IPS officer P.V. Sisodia, Special Chief Secretary to Government, Revenue Department as the Inquiring Authority to inquire into the charge framed against Mr. Sunil Kumar. Further, in terms of Rule 8 of All India Services Rules,1969, Harish Kumar Gupta, Director General, Vigilance …

Kerala: CPI sticks to its stand on removing ADGP
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala: CPI sticks to its stand on removing ADGP

New Indian Express  

KOTTAYAM : Reiterating its stance, the CPI has demanded that ADGP M R Ajith Kumar, who is in-charge of Law and Order in the state, be removed from office. Party state secretary Binoy Viswam told reporters in Kottayam on Saturday that an officer having ties with the RSS is unsuitable to serve as the ADGP responsible for Law and Order …

CM Pinarayi Vijayan converting party into family business: MLA P V Anvar
6 months ago

CM Pinarayi Vijayan converting party into family business: MLA P V Anvar

New Indian Express  

KEY EVENTS August 20: Anvar criticises the then district police chief S Sasidharan while inaugurating the district conference of the police association at MSP community hall in Malappuram August 30: Anvar holds a sit-in protest in front of the Malappuram police chief’s camp office, demanding a Crime Branch inquiry under the court’s observation into the disappearance of tree logs in …

Vigilance starts anti-corruption inquiry against two Kerala IPS officers, including ADGP Ajith Kumar
6 months, 1 week ago

Vigilance starts anti-corruption inquiry against two Kerala IPS officers, including ADGP Ajith Kumar

The Hindu  

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has commenced a “detailed anti-corruption enquiry” against two ranking IPS officers in Kerala, including the State’s top law enforcer, Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, M.R. In a government order issued on Friday, the Home department also brought Sujith Das, former District Police Chief of Malappuram and later Pathanamthitta, who served under Mr. …

Government orders preliminary Vigilance inquiry against ADGP M.R. Ajith Kumar
6 months, 1 week ago

Government orders preliminary Vigilance inquiry against ADGP M.R. Ajith Kumar

The Hindu  

The State government has ordered an anti-corruption inquiry against Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, M.R. Official sources said the anti-corruption probe might be a precursor to Mr. Ajith Kumar’s removal from the top law and order post. Anvar had stirred the pot by accusing Mr. Ajith Kumar of amassing wealth beyond his known sources of income, using …

How a Kerala top cop-RSS leader 'meeting' has put Pinarayi Vijayan in a spot
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How a Kerala top cop-RSS leader 'meeting' has put Pinarayi Vijayan in a spot

India Today  

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in office since the massive mandate the Left Democratic Front received in May 2016, appears pushed into troubled waters by his own loyalists. His party CPI and LDF partners are finding it difficult to defend Vijayan after media reports have suggested that one of Kerala’s seniormost police officers, additional DGP M.R. Ajithkumar, had met Rashtriya …

AIYF calls for removal of Kerala ADGP, seeks probe into ‘clandestine meet’ with RSS leaders
6 months, 2 weeks ago

AIYF calls for removal of Kerala ADGP, seeks probe into ‘clandestine meet’ with RSS leaders

The Hindu  

In a move that seems to further widen the rift between the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India, two major constituents of the ruling Left Democratic Front government in Kerala, the All India Youth Federation, the youth outfit of the CPI, has called for the immediate removal of Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, …

CM Pinarayi Vijayan meets police chief, intelligence head over ADGP's alleged RSS link
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CM Pinarayi Vijayan meets police chief, intelligence head over ADGP's alleged RSS link

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as the controversy surrounding ADGP M R Ajith Kumar continues to hurt the government, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday met state police chief Shaik Darvesh Saheb and Intelligence ADGP Manoj Abraham to discuss the matter. Sources said the CM asked Saheb to inquire into the controversial meetings Ajith had with RSS national leaders last year and file …

LDF govt. comes under pressure from within ruling front, Opposition to act against Ajith Kumar
6 months, 2 weeks ago

LDF govt. comes under pressure from within ruling front, Opposition to act against Ajith Kumar

The Hindu  

The Left Democratic Front government appears to have come under intense badgering from within the ruling front and the Opposition to take demonstrative action against Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, M.R. Govindan are anything to go by, the ruling front support for Mr. Ajith Kumar appears to be waning. Mr. Govindan noted the State Police Chief headed …

UDF questions ruling front’s anti-Sangh Parivar stance
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UDF questions ruling front’s anti-Sangh Parivar stance

The Hindu  

An alleged clandestine meeting between a top law enforcer and an apex Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh apparatchik in 2023 has seemingly come in handy for the Congress-led United Democratic Front Opposition to stir public scepticism about the Pinarayi Vijayan government’s stated anti-Sangh Parivar position, foment an ideological fissure in the Left Democratic Front, and retard the ruling front’s standing among minorities, …

LDF legislator P.V. Anvar expresses scepticism about Kerala ADGP Ajith Kumar’s continuation in office
6 months, 3 weeks ago

LDF legislator P.V. Anvar expresses scepticism about Kerala ADGP Ajith Kumar’s continuation in office

The Hindu  

Left Democratic Front independent legislator P.V. Depicting himself as a whistleblower for the government and the CPI, Mr. Anvar said he would closely track the investigation and go public if the team veered away from the truth to save those at the apex of law enforcement. Mr. Anvar claimed he gave voice to lakhs of party workers and the general …

LDF MLA Anvar puts the onus on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to act against ADGP M.R. Ajith Kumar
6 months, 3 weeks ago

LDF MLA Anvar puts the onus on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to act against ADGP M.R. Ajith Kumar

The Hindu  

Left Democratic Front Independent legislator P.V. Notably, Mr. Anwar had blamed the political secretary to the Chief Minister P. Sasi, for “failing” Mr Vijayan by ignoring red flags and cautionary reports about Mr. Kumar’s “questionable conduct.” He said he would submit his report to CPI State secretary M.V. CPI legislator U. Prathibha lauded Mr. Anvar’s “courage” and warned that he …

Thrissur Pooram controversy: LDF MLA alleges ADGP Ajith Kumar of gold smuggling
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Thrissur Pooram controversy: LDF MLA alleges ADGP Ajith Kumar of gold smuggling

Live Mint  

Recent allegations by LDF MLA P V Anvar against senior IPS officer M R Ajith Kumar have brought renewed attention to the Thrissur Pooram controversy in Kerala. As reported by PTI, Anvar claimed in a Facebook post that Ajith Kumar, the ADGP, was responsible for the police interventions during the Pooram rituals, which marred the festival held in April this …

LDF legislator Anvar meets Kerala CM days after putting govt in a spot with charges against ADGP, political secretary
6 months, 3 weeks ago

LDF legislator Anvar meets Kerala CM days after putting govt in a spot with charges against ADGP, political secretary

The Hindu  

Left Democratic Front independent legislator P.V. Notably, Mr. Anvar had also blamed Mr. Vijayan’s political secretary and CPI State committee member P. Sasi for giving Mr. Kumar “free rein” over the police by repeatedly ignoring the red flags and cautionary reports that should have warned the government about the top-ranking officer’s “questionable conduct.” Mr. Anvar accused Mr. Sasi of failing …

Probe against Kerala ADGP an eyewash, alleges Opposition Leader
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Probe against Kerala ADGP an eyewash, alleges Opposition Leader

The Hindu  

Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Mr. Satheesan said the Chief Minister is “afraid” whether the accused will divulge something. “Why is he and his office so obsessed with gold?,” he asked referring to Mr. Anvar’s allegation that plainclothes squads under Mr. Kumar’s direct control regularly ambushed gold smugglers with the ‘tacit connivance’ of Customs officials, away from the airport …

Kerala CM orders top-level probe into legislator P.V. Anvar’s accusations against ADGP Ajith Kumar
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala CM orders top-level probe into legislator P.V. Anvar’s accusations against ADGP Ajith Kumar

The Hindu  

The backwash of the accusations raised by Left Democratic Front independent legislator P.V. Inaugurating the Kerala Police Association conference in Kottayam, Mr. Vijayan said the government would investigate the “issues dominating the public conversation with due seriousness”. In his speech, Mr. Vijayan also appeared to clarify the government’s stance on the “disparaging comments” made against Mr. Kumar allegedly by Sujith …

Kerala Opposition launches Statewide agitation demanding Chief Minister’s resignation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala Opposition launches Statewide agitation demanding Chief Minister’s resignation

The Hindu  

The Congress-led United Democratic Front Opposition in Kerala launched a Statewide agitation demanding Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s resignation on Monday. Satheesan, who inaugurated the protest, said Mr. Anvar had “vindicated” the UDF’s assertion that a “criminal clique” operating out of the Chief Minister’s Office controlled the police and used law enforcement for “corruption, nepotism, vendetta and self-enrichment.” Mr. Satheesan said …

Anvar provides ammunition to Kerala Opposition to assail LDF government
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Anvar provides ammunition to Kerala Opposition to assail LDF government

The Hindu  

Left Democratic Front independent legislator P.V. Satheesan said Mr. Anvar had resurrected the gold smuggling accusations that dogged the 2016 LDF government. Chilling effect He said Mr. Anvar’s grave accusation that the ADGP, Law and Order, was capable of harming people had a chilling effect on Kerala society. Mr. Satheesan said Mr. Anvar had claimed that the ADGP worked to …

LDF independent legislator P.V. Anvar raises allegations against CM’s political secretary, ADGP
6 months, 3 weeks ago

LDF independent legislator P.V. Anvar raises allegations against CM’s political secretary, ADGP

The Hindu  

LDF independent legislator P.V. Mr. Anvar also played a telephone recording in which a “ranking officer” claimed that Mr. Kumar’s “bonding” with Mr. Sasi allowed the ADGP “to exert a stranglehold over the police force and act with impunity.” ‘Ill-gotten wealth’ Mr. Anvar identified the speaker as Sujith Das, the District Police Chief of Pathanamthitta. The MLA said plainclothes squads …

DC Edit | Vijayan must rein in police
2 years, 5 months ago

DC Edit | Vijayan must rein in police

Deccan Chronicle  

The attempt of Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is also the state’s home minister, to ignore the widespread resentment against the atrocities committed by a section of the police force is regrettable. Mr Vijayan being the political executive responsible for the overall control and the supervision of the force must make an effort to understand the grievance of the …

Pinarayi-led LDF on the defensive soon after big electoral win
3 years, 9 months ago

Pinarayi-led LDF on the defensive soon after big electoral win

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The shine of the highly trumpeted ‘second coming’ of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front government in Kerala is lost within weeks of its assumption of power, following expose of a massive loot of forest and other governmental wealth along the fabled Western Ghats and beyond. A re-energised Congress and the United Democratic Front it leads energetically took up …

'Eyewash': BJP's Devendra Fadnavis on panel formed to probe charges against Maha home minister Anil Deshmukh
3 years, 11 months ago

'Eyewash': BJP's Devendra Fadnavis on panel formed to probe charges against Maha home minister Anil Deshmukh

Hindustan Times  

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday criticised the Maharashtra government’s decision to appoint a single-member committee to probe the corruption allegations against Nationalist Congress Party leader and the state’s home minister Anil Deshmukh. The Maha Vikas Aghadi-led government on Tuesday appointed a panel comprising retired Bombay High Court judge Kailas Chandiwal to probe …

Congress seeks judicial probe into Kerala bogus voting
5 years, 10 months ago

Congress seeks judicial probe into Kerala bogus voting

India TV News  

With a preliminary probe revealing bogus voting in the postal ballots of police officials in Kerala, the Congress party on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the matter while the state police chief ordered a full fledged investigation by the Crime Branch. Kerala's Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena, after going through the preliminary report filed by intelligence chief T. …

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