Islamic terrorists have tightened their grip in all areas of
administration in Kerala. The Kerala Police has a strong presence of
radicalized Islamists in the force which makes it vulnerable in its
fight against terrorism. There are many policemen in the force who are
associated with PF-SDPI who pass on information to the Islamists
thereby defeating all actions against the terror outfits. It has been
reported that there has been a Whatsapp group “Pancha Velicham” (Green
light) in which Islamists in the police force are members.
A senior police officer who has Islamist sympathies refused to take
action against SDPI terrorists who were undertaking arms training/bomb
making in forested areas of Pathanamthitta in Kollam district, despite
intelligence tipoff. Later Q-squad of Tamil Nadu police raided the
area and arrested a few terrorists. The state government instead of
dismissing the officer has transferred him to Kottayam.
It has come to the light that a policeman who is associated with
Islamist outfit had passed on information about RSS workers to a
hardcore Islamist. This was revealed when his mobile was examined
forensically after he was arrested for assaulting a government
employee for uploading a post criticizing Islam. The Kerala Police is
yet to take action against the policeman.
There are criticisms that the police do not take any action against
Popular Front-SDPI terrorists, as some of them fear for their lives.
Popular Front goons openly threaten policemen of dealing with them
physically if they take any action against their cadres.
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