KOZHIKODE: The City Police on Saturday launched an inquiry into the incident in which a sub-inspector attached to the Medical College police station was subjected to alleged moral policing when he went to meet his fiancee at a hostel in the city. City Police chief S Kaliraj Mahesh Kumar said a probe was on to ascertain details about the alleged moral policing incident which took place on Thursday night. According to the police, inspector A Habeebulla was harassed and questioned by a few local residents when he went to the hostel around 10.30 pm to meet the girl.
Though the officer was in uniform and came in his official jeep, he was questioned by the residents near the hostel. The wedding of the officer with the girl is to be held in the first week of November. A verbal spat broke out between the officer and the local residents following which the officer returned to the police station. Meanwhile, a man residing near the hostel has come out with a different version of the whole incident alleging the sub-inspector abused and manhandled him and his son for questioning the officer’s suspicious visit to the hostel at night.
The man, Purushothaman, said the officer showered abuses on him when he and his younger son aged 17 asked the officer why he was standing in the dark. When the son intervened, the inspector manhandled him with the help of two other policemen who came along with the inspector. “The incident happened around 10.30 pm on Thursday.
My father went out of the house to check who was standing in the dark. He couldn’t see whether the person was a police officer in uniform as it was dark,” said T V Athul, elder son of Purushothaman. He said when his younger brother intervened after hearing the abuse, he was attacked by the policemen. “Though my brother approached the Nadakkavu police station with a complaint, they didn’t accept it. He has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission and Childline,” he said. The Nadakkavu police said they have recorded the statement of the boy.
