Action sought against DMO in e-mail scandal case

Sunday, April 29, 2012: Disciplinary action has been recommended against Homoeo District Medical Officer-P.A Dasthakeer, who is named as the second accused in the controversial e-mail snooping case.
The crime branch probing the case had found out that Dasthakeer had provided medical certificates to the accused Biju Salim (first accused) whenever he had gone on leave for conspiring. It also said that the accused doctor was aware of the plan of the SI and had issued certificates through the junior doctors on several occasions.
Madhyamam, had reported that email ids of leaders, activists, professionals, students and journalists from the minority community in Kerala were subjected to surveillance by the Special Branch of Kerala Police.
The report alleged that it was an attempt at religious profiling as out of the 268 e-mail accounts, 258 belonged to Muslims. It is said that none among them had any previous criminal backgrounds and so there was no clarity as to why they were put under surveillance.