Taxing times for Kerala’s police force
The Hindu
Besides rigorous COVID-19 and law- enforcement duties, delay in post-poll transfers vex them
As reports of a brutal attack on a police officer at Marayur in Idukki district while enforcing the COVID-19 protocol came out on the morning of June 1, the incident momentarily threatened to be the last straw for an already stretched force that has been in the front line of the fight against the pandemic. Ajeesh Paul, a 38-year-old civil police officer, sustained fractures on the skull as a person who was stopped for not wearing a mask threw stones at the officer. Mr. Paul was rushed to a private hospital in Kochi where he had to be put on ventilator support, till his condition improved. “While the incident was extremely demoralising, the speed with which the State government reacted and decided to foot his entire treatment expenses reassured the police force that they will be taken care of if something were to happen to them,” said P.D. Baiju, president, Kerala Police Association, Kochi City. The injured police officer was also allocated ₹3 lakh from the Police Welfare Bureau.More Related News