Kerala Police open probe against suspended IAS official on suspicion of creating ‘Mallu Hindu’ WhatsApp group
The Hindu
Thiruvananthapuram City police investigate former official for creating 'Mallu Hindu' group, facing potential legal consequences.
The Thiruvananthapuram City police in Kerala on Friday (November 22) initiated a preliminary inquiry against former Director of Industries and suspended IAS official K. Gopalakrishnan for allegedly creating a ‘communally divisive’ group for bureaucrats titled ‘Mallu Hindu’.
The City Police Commissioner of Thiruvananthapuram, Sparjan Kumar, confirmed to The Hindu that the police initiated the exploratory inquiry based on legal opinion and public complaints. The Assistant Commissioner, Narcotic Cell, is heading the prefatory probe.
On November 11, the Kerala government suspended Mr. Gopalakrishnan from service following an inquiry by Chief Secretary Sarada Muraleedharan.
Ms. Muraleedharan found the IAS officer prima facie guilty of “fomenting division, sowing disunity and breaking the solidarity of the All India Service cadre in the State.”
The government also accused Mr. Gopalakrishnan of “creating communal formations and alignments within the All India Service cadre.”
After the creation of the WhatsApp group sparked a politically tempestuous controversy that raged on conventional and social media, Mr. Gopalakrishnan claimed that anonymous persons had hacked his mobile phone, created the group and added contacts without his consent or knowledge.
The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition sought to weaponise the controversy against the government by accusing the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) of “permitting Hindu right-wing groups to exert a chokehold over the State’s secular bureaucracy.”
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