KOZHIKODE: The incident of letting off CPM Kozhikode district secretary’s son, who allegedly breached the security of Goa Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai, after paying a fine for traffic violation is snowballing into a political controversy with BJP demanding strong action against the accused.
Police picked up Julius Nikithas, son of CPM district secretary P Mohanan, for violating security for the VIP at 7.50 pm on Sunday. Pillai was returning home after attending a private function at Marad in the city. Nikithas drove the car into the convoy as soon as the governor’s vehicle passed near Thiruthiyad in Kozhikode. The police vehicles that were following the governor were left behind Nikithas’ car.
Immediately the governor’s security officers stopped Nikithas’ vehicle. The security personnel shouted at the youth who shouted back at the police. He refused to follow the instructions of the police to take his car back, and tried to continue the journey. The local police took the youth into custody and took him to the Kasaba police station. He was later released after paying a fine of Rs 1,000 for a traffic violation.
The Kozhikode city police commissioner said that he would look into the incident. BJP state president K Surendran demanded that Nikithas should be taken into custody to know his intention. He said that there were many cases against the CPM leader’s son. BJP district president V K Sajeevan alleged that the police charged a petty case after realising that the accused is the son of a CPM leader.
He said a case under Section 124 of the IPC should be registered against Nikithas. Police should carry out their duty and no special privilege should be given to anyone. If the incident was a mistake, the person should have expressed regret. Instead, he quarrelled with the police. “The police should invoke the relevant section as the incident was a conscious one,” Sajeevan said.