8 cops suspended over clashes during Police Coop Society polls

Thiruvananthapuram | Monday | 24th June, 2019

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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: City Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Gurudin has suspended eight police officers in connection with Saturday’s clash over the elections to the Police Cooperative Society. The suspended officers are G R Ajith (Traffic), Harilal R G (Vanchiyoor station), Shobhan Prasad (control room), Minimol M S (women’s police station), Sheeja Das (Nemom station), Renjith, Sanal Kumar and Anil Kumar (all of AR camp). Three persons were injured after supporters of the pro-LDF and pro-UDF panels clashed at the AR camp at Nandavanam. Heated arguments gave way to a scuffle and the Museum Police used force to disperse the two groups. The pro-UDF faction, led by Ajith, laid siege to the society office alleging the rival panel of efforts to scuttle the elections..