Cong takes political campaign to residential quarters of top cops; IPS Association condemns move

The IPS Association's Kerala chapter on Wednesday condemned a media-covered visit of Congress leaders to an area housing residences of senior police officers as part of a political campaign after a CAG report flagged that funds were diverted to build "villas" for the police top brass.

The IPS Association said the visit was "a new low" and an attempt to "malign senior police officers and to cause disaffection among various ranks".

State Congress chief Mullappally Ramachandran, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ramesh Chennithala and some other leaders of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) visited the residential area to "inspect the villas" as part of the political campaign.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in its recent report, had alleged that state police chief Loknath Behera diverted Rs 2.81 crore meant for construction of upper subordinate staff quarters for building villas for high-ranking officials.

The opposition parties also trained their guns at the ...