THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A police inspector attached with Vattappara station in Thiruvananthapuram district was shunted out of the Law and Order wing after he entered into a verbal duel with Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, GR Anil, over the phone. The minister, who represents Nedumangad constituency, had rung up Inspector Girilal D to enquire about a case filed by a woman of Vazhayila against her second husband. The woman had accused her husband of torturing her daughter.
The conversation between the minister and the cop took an acrimonious turn after the minister issued a gentle warning to the cop that he will be answerable if anything bad happens to the woman, who resided in his constituency, due to police inaction. In the audio clip that surfaced on social media platforms on Tuesday and soon became viral, the Inspector is heard telling the minister that the woman will be given protection and he will take a fair action. The minister, however, wanted the police to take strong action against the accused and told the Inspector that “you should be saying that he will be taken in by this evening. Isn’t it?” To this the officer gave a gruff reply that he can’t do that. “If he is dragged here, I don’t have anyone to protect me,” he said.
The conversation took a further unpleasant turn after the Inspector angrily told the minister that he was not taking any bribe from anyone and was not there to act on the words of the minister’s voter. Piqued by the remarks of the Inspector, the minister took up the matter directly with the Chief Minister’s Office following which he was transferred to the Vigilance wing.
Case registered
The Vattappara police have registered an FIR against the man against whom his wife had lodged a complaint for torturing his step daughter. The police said the woman, a resident of Vazhayila, had filed a complaint on Monday 8 pm. The complainant had alleged that her husband kicked her daughter born out of her first marriage causing her injuries. She also had alleged that he was threatening her and her 11-year-old child.