Fracas with tourist: SI suspended
The Hindu
The Swedish citizen had emptied two IMFL bottles after he was questioned by the police
With the high-handed approach of a group of police officers towards a Swede in Kovalam on the New Year’s eve coming under scrutiny, the Thiruvananthapuram City police placed a grade Sub-Inspector (SI) under suspension on Saturday.
Grade SI Shaji attached to the Kovalam police station was placed under suspension pending inquiry following a preliminary inquiry by the Special Branch. The action came close on the heels of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan instructing the State Police Chief to institute a thorough probe into the incident.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.