CPO throws lathi at biker who rams vehicle into car, suffers head injury
Kollam: A 22-year-old man suffered a serious head injury on Thursday after a civil police officer (CPO) threw a lathi at him when he allegedly refused to stop his motorcycle during a vehicle checking. Kollam resident Siddique lost control of his motorcycle after being hit by the lathi and rammed it into a car.
The CPO, Chandramohan, was suspended immediately after the incident and two other officers involved in the vehicle checking were transferred.
Kerala DGP Loknath Behra instructed the Kollam superintendent of police to register a criminal case against the police official who threw the lathi at Siddique.
"I have instructed the district police chief to register a criminal case against the accused. If any such case comes up, the district police chiefs will be held responsible," Behra told reporters at Thiruvananthapuram.
Locals blocked the traffic for a few hours on the Parippally-Madathara Road, protesting against the incident. Siddique's father told reporters that the police took his son to the nearby taluk hospital and left him there.
"The hospital authorities informed me about the incident," he said. The Kerala High Court recently came down heavily on the manner in which the police resorted to checking vehicles on busy roads. The DGP had also issued guidelines to be followed while conducting vehicle checks.
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Deputy CM Shivakumar urges discipline amid Cong MLAs' Delhi visit, seeks report
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Bengaluru (PTI):Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday urged Congress legislators to maintain party discipline amid their visits to New Delhi to lobby for a cabinet reshuffle, cautioning against making public statements that could harm the party’s image.
Addressing reporters here, Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress president, said there was nothing wrong in MLAs meeting the party high command but stressed that the timing and manner of their demands were important.
“Yes, all of them have gone. The Chief Minister has said something, but all of them should maintain discipline. Everyone must maintain party discipline. They must respect the party. They should not sit before the media and damage the party’s name,” Shivakumar said.
He added that everyone’s future lies in the party, not in the media.
"In the media, you may say whatever you want in your own way. So I appeal to all my MLAs that meeting party high command is not wrong, but if unnecessary statements are made, we will have to act.”
Responding to a query on whether MLAs had consulted him before leaving for Delhi, Shivakumar said some had approached him and were told there was nothing wrong in aspiring for ministerial positions.
“Some of them came and spoke to me, they asked me. I told them there is nothing wrong in going and asking (for ministerial position); it is not that you should not become ministers, nor that first-timers should not become ministers. First-timers can become ministers, second-timers can also become ministers—it has happened before,” he said.
However, he emphasised that the present moment was not appropriate for such demands.
“So we said there is nothing wrong, but this is not the time.”
The Deputy Chief Minister also indicated that he is awaiting formal inputs before taking any action. “Officially, I have asked for a report with various sections. Let me get the report, then I will act on it,” he said.
The remarks come a day after several senior Congress MLAs travelled to New Delhi to seek a cabinet reshuffle and press for ministerial berths, while first-time legislators have also stepped up their demand for representation.
On Sunday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had said there was nothing wrong in aspirant legislators visiting Delhi, adding that the decision on cabinet reshuffle rests with the party high command and may have been delayed due to elections in five states and the Budget session.
The developments assume significance amid ongoing discussions within the ruling Congress over a possible cabinet rejig as the government has crossed the halfway mark of its tenure.
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