Two Thalassery Kerala police officers transferred after CPIM workers’ arrests, farewell message sparks row – Kerala News

Police officers at the Thalassery police station in Kannur expressed dissatisfaction, albeit subtly, with the ruling CPI(M) government during the farewell ceremony of two of their colleagues, who were transferred.

The sub-inspectors, TK Akhil and VV Deepthi, were transferred after they arrested CPI(M) workers following a clash during a temple festival in Kannur, a stronghold of the party and the home district of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

At the farewell event, a memento given to the outgoing officers carried a pointed message: “Greetings to the officers who showed strength during the struggle of resistance, with love, Thalassery police station.”

The message is being seen as a veiled criticism of the transfers, which the opposition Congress had also condemned.

Kannur City Police Commissioner P Nithinraj issued the transfer orders, moving TK Akhil to Kolavallur station and VV Deepthi to Kannur Town station.

The transfers came in the wake of a case filed against 27 CPI(M) workers for assaulting police officers and 55 others for forcibly releasing a detained CPI(M) activist.

The first assault occurred on February 19, and the next day, a group of 50 people blocked a police jeep, locked the temple gate, and freed the detained activist from police custody.