Thiruvananthapuram: City police commissioner Arul R B Krishna has found lapses and lack of vigilance by Museum police in the incident in which the accused in the ED-officials-attack case participating in Onam celebrations at the police station.The commissioner prepared a report on the incident and handed it over to south zone IG G Sparjan Kumar on Sunday. According to sources, the report calls for a detailed inquiry into whether there was any communication between police personnel and the accused that led to them remaining at the station and taking part in the celebrations.The report notes that the accused were not sent away after completing the mandatory signing procedure. Police personnel also did not intervene despite seeing them participating in the celebrations.The inquiry will examine, among other things, whether police personnel provided any assistance to the accused. It will specifically look into whether the shirt and mundu worn by CPM local functionary I P Binu during the celebrations were purchased for him by police personnel.Around 25 accused in the case relating to the alleged attack on ED officials have been ordered to report at Museum police station every Saturday between 10am and 11am and sign. The Onam celebrations took place when they arrived at the station to comply with this court directive.Binu, a former councillor of CPM in Thiruvananthapuram corporation, was among those who participated in the celebrations and was seen sitting on a swing arranged at the station. He was also seen wearing a similar attire as that of the policemen. The south zone IG will examine the commissioner’s findings and the circumstances surrounding the incident.Criticising the incident, health and devaswom minister K Muraleedharan said that some police officers have still not realised that the govt has changed. He said he expected the police to take action over the incident. He alleged that police personnel had even purchased dresses for the accused and claimed that those behind the celebrations were officers who had assaulted Congress workers inside the police station during the previous govt.“I am not naming the officer because it would not be appropriate. That police officer’s job at the Museum station was to beat Congress workers. It was on the instruction of that person that a mundu and shirt were bought for a former councillor. I expect the home department to investigate the matter,” Muraleedharan said.It has been alleged that the celebrations involving the accused were held with the knowledge of Museum police station CI R Prashanth. The officer is reportedly associated with the Left-affiliated police organisation.Meanwhile, Muraleedharan declined to comment on the ED investigation into alleged financial transactions involving CMRL and Exalogic, a case involving former CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena T. He reiterated the Congress’s position that it does not support the ED’s functioning.“ED is an institution through which the Centre intervenes politically. We have maintained the same position on the ED at all times. Congress does not support any of the ED’s positions. We will not intervene in Veena’s ED case. Let the investigation proceed on its own course,” he said.
