Tuesday,
March 13, 2012: The city police have on Tuesday submitted a refer report in the
Court here seeking permission to withdraw the cases registered against a large
number of women for offering Pongala on the road in Thiruvananthapuram on March
7.
The
report was submitted by the Thiruvananthapuram Fort police along with the
Thampanoor police, sources said. The report indicates that the Attukal pongala
is famous religious ritual and had not created any problems for the public as
(March 7) was declared a public holiday by the State government.
The
report submitted by the Fort police before the judicial first class magistrate
Court (2) was approved and the report submitted by the Thampanoor police was
rejected by the judicial first class magistrate Court (3).
The
police move to register cases against a large number of women has landed the
UDF government in a highly embarrassing position.The police had registered a
suo motu case against the women as per the Kerala High Court directive
imposing a ban on wayside meetings. The case was registered for creating a road
block and restricting free movement.
The
Opposition alleged hat this could not have happened without the ‘silent
permission’ of the Chief Minister and the State Police Chief. Meanwhile the
Thiruvananthapuram Deputy Commissioner of Police- VC Mohanan has been suspended
pending enquiry for registering case against women who took part in the Attukal
pongala.
The
police had registered a suo motu case against around 10,000 women for creating
a road block and restricting free movement during the famous Attukal pongala festival held
on March 7.
DCP
was sacked following the report submitted by Additional chief secretary K
Jayakumar and as per the direction of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Chief
Minister also informed that the suo motu case registered against the women has
been withdrawn and First Information Report (FIR) has been quashed
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