The Kerala cupboard on Wednesday authorized the promotion of senior IPS officer ADGP MR Ajithkumar, who was not too long ago embroiled in a political row over his “controversial conferences” with RSS leaders, to the rank of director normal of police.
The 1995 batch officer had been below fireplace from the opposition and the CPI for his “controversial conferences” with senior RSS leaders final yr and alleged function within the disruption of the Thrissur Pooram. Congress accused the police of disrupting the pageant to assist the BJP win the Lok Sabha seat from central Kerala. He was eliminated as ADGP (regulation and order) and posted to the Armed Police Battalion in October.
A launch from the chief minister’s workplace said that the cupboard authorized the suggestions of the scrutiny committee concerning promotion of present IPS officers within the state cadre. Moreover Ajithkumar, ADGP S Suresh was additionally promoted as DGP, it stated.
The promotion listing for the highest rank can be finalised after the appointment of Manoj Abraham, a 1994-batch officer.
Tarun Kumar, a 2000-batch IPS officer, can be promoted to ADGP, whereas 4 officers from the 2007 batch can be promoted to the IG rank, the CMO stated.
5 officers of the 2011 IPS batch — Yatheesh Chandra, Hari Sankar, Karthik Okay, Pratheesh Kumar and T Narayanan — can be promoted as DIG.
Ajithkumar, seen as near chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, got here below fireplace after PV Anvar, the MLA from Nilambur who not too long ago left the LDF, raised a slew of allegations towards him together with affiliation with gold smuggling gangs, amassing illicit wealth, tapping telephone conversations of bureaucrats and ministers.
The Congress additionally accused Ajithkumar of holding secret conferences with the RSS in Thrissur and Kovalam, on the behest of the chief minister, to strike quid professional quo offers with the ruling BJP on the Centre. The senior officer was alleged of disrupting the Thrissur Pooram festivities this yr and not directly making a beneficial ambiance for the BJP to win the Lok Sabha phase.
Following the allegations, the state authorities introduced a number of probes, together with a vigilance inquiry, headed by DGP Shaik Darvesh Saheb towards Ajithkumar. The controversial officer, who has claimed innocence, has recorded his statements earlier than the inquiry panels. The ultimate inquiry experiences are nonetheless awaited.
MLA Anvar, reacting to the promotion of Ajithkumar, stated the continuing inquiries towards him “are a farce.” “The state authorities, the state police and the chief minister’s workplace have come below whole management of the RSS. The chief minister ought to go forward and provides the RSS khaki uniform to the prevailing DGP. It’ll match him,” he stated.
On the identical time, senior CPM chief AK Balan stated there have been no “technical or authorized” hurdles within the promotion of the controversial officer. “No court docket has stated that an officer going through an inquiry shouldn’t be promoted. There isn’t any such precedent,” he stated.
