MHA asks Kerala to take action against IGP

[Avnish Jolly]

MHA asks Kerala to take action against IGP
http://igovernment.in/site/mha-asks-kerala-take-action-against-igp-37850

Suspended Inspector General of Police Tomin J Thachenkery reportedly
met people in Middle East facing criminal cases in the state
Published on 06/24/2010

Thiruvananthapuram: The Union Home Ministry has written to the Kerala
Chief Secretary to initiate action against Tomin J Thachenkery,
Inspector General of Police, currently under suspension for going on a
foreign trip without official clearance and reportedly meeting people
there who have cases registered against them.

Thachenkery was suspended in April after Chief Minister VS
Achuthanandan was told that the police officer did not take permission
for his trip to the Middle East including his visit to Doha.

The fresh round of controversy surfaced on Wednesday when a section of
the media reported that the senior Kerala cop had met a few people in
Qatar who have cases registered against them here, reports IANS.

When this issue was put to Achuthanandan, he said the Chief Secretary
would take necessary action on the reported letter from the Union Home
Ministry.

"I do not intend to share details of this with you," Achuthanandan
said.

But, Thursday a TV channel aired the letter written by the Home
Ministry to the Chief Secretary highlighting the lapses and the
serious violations committed by Thachenkery.

The letter says that Thachenkery had asked officials of the Indian
Embassy in Qatar about details of four people who have links with now
arrested south Indian commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) T Nasir.

Incidentally, Thachenkery as IG Kannur range prior to his suspension
had questioned Nasir at Bangalore.

The letter also says that Thachenkery while in Qatar met people who
have cases registered against them in the state.

This is the second suspension that Thachenkery has got under the
Achuthanandan government. The first came in July 2007 when he was
suspended in the wake of a first information report (FIR) filed in a
vigilance court, accusing him of amassing assets worth Rs 95 lakh
between January 1, 2003, and March 31, 2005, when he was Managing
Director of the state-owned Books and Publication Society.