22-04-2025
Sub inspector suspended for attacking public under influence of alcohol in Kollam
Thiruvananthapuram: Kollam city police commissioner Kiran Narayanan suspended a sub-inspector of Kollam East police station on Tuesday for abusing and attacking several people. He was reportedly under the influence of alcohol while on duty.
The sub-inspector identified as T Sumesh was accused of attacking several people who were having tea at a shop on the Link Road near the KSRTC stand and also near the second terminal of the railway station early on Monday morning. Mevaram native Jishnu, KSU district general secretary Said Muhammed, Karicode division Congress president Nasar and other people, including several transgender persons, were allegedly attacked by the SI.
KSU staged a protest march before the police station, protesting against the attack and transgender persons blocked roads demanding action against the accused. A special branch report found that there was a serious lapse on the part of the officer, leading to his suspension. The commissioner has also directed Kollam ACP to probe the incident and submit a report within seven days.
"We were having tea at a shop on the Link Road when the sub-inspector approached us and asked us why we were there. He then verbally abused and attacked the shopkeeper. Later, he hit several transgender persons standing there with his lathi. From there, he moved towards the second terminal of the railway station in his jeep and started questioning people there. Nasar and his son Said Muhammed, who arrived from Tenkasi in Palaruvi Express, were waiting for a bus there. After testing them for using alcohol he took them to the police station in the jeep. They were allegedly beaten up inside the station and in the meantime, several people reached the station protesting against the officer," said Mujeeb K.
The demand to subject the cop to a medical examination was ignored, and the cops at the station were allegedly trying to protect him.
