Topic: Kerala Police

The Kerala Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, on Wednesday, informed the Kerala High Court that the government is taking steps to withdraw the recently introduced controversial Section 118A of the Kerala Police Act which was inserted through an ordinance.

Section 118A of the Kerala Police Act is neither necessary nor conducive to the best democratic traditions of the State, said B G Harindranath, former Law Secretary of Kerala Government.

Kerala based human rights group Janakeeya Manushyavakasa Prasthanam and family of C.P. Jaleel, a suspected Maoist who was shot dead at a private resort at Vythiri in Wayanad district on 6 March last year by Kerala police, staged a dharna in front of the Wayanad collectorate raising a slew of demands including a comprehensive probe by a government agency into the extrajudicial killing.

It is shocking to acknowledge that Kerala is going through a massive violation of human rights and values since the emergency. These narratives are undoubtedly pointing towards the state’s violent and intolerant approach towards the Maoists, which requires questioning.

National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO) has written a letter to National Human Rights Commission for a fair and impartial investigation regarding the extra judicial killing of Maoist leader A Velmurugan in Kerala’s Wayanad district earlier this week.

The Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Kerala Police arrested Danish (30), who hails from Coimbatore, while he was coming out of the central prison in Thrissur after obtaining bail in 11 UAPA cases against him for alleged Maoist links, again under UAPA.