THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ∙ KS Sabarinathan’s bail is the latest setback for the overzealousness of the Home Department and the police. There is a section in the CPM leadership which thinks that the changing style of functioning of the Home Department is doing more harm than good. Sabrinathan’s arrest chapter confirms their suspicions.
The opposition pointed the finger at the chief minister’s office for all these setbacks. Opposition leader V. D. Satheesan meant P. Shashi, the new political secretary of the chief minister, as the new overpowering forces there. When Shashi replaced Dinesan in Puthala, the police started taking action against both of them.
The change in the functioning of the department has been evident since Sarit, a friend of Swapna Suresh and one of the co-accused in the gold smuggling case, was hurriedly taken into custody by the vigilance. CPI State Secretary Kanam Rajendran termed the violation of vigilance rules as misinformation.
PC George’s two arrests made headlines after this. George, who was arrested and released on bail for his controversial speech, was summoned for questioning in connection with it, and the police tried to trap him on the basis of Saritha Nair’s complaint. George left the capital on bail at night.
Similar things happened in the case of Sabrinath. There is a strong allegation that the police used the payment to bypass the anticipatory bail application. The High Court had earlier granted bail to the Youth Congress workers who protested against the Chief Minister on the plane. Still, the court thwarted the police’s every possible effort to deny bail to Sabari.
The government’s retaliation against the Indigo company which announced a travel ban on LDF convener EP Jayarajan was also evident yesterday. No one thinks it a coincidence that their bus was impounded in Kozhikode for non-payment of taxes.
English Summary: Continous setback for kerala police