The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday tapped into the groundswell of public outrage over the abduction and rape of a child at Aluva to make their case that the police have dismally failed ordinary citizens in Kerala.
Notwithstanding the fact that the police relied on security camera footage to identify and arrest the suspect within hours of the crime, both Opposition parties alleged that the law enforcement repeatedly failed to deliver on their core duty of protecting the life and property of citizens. They drew a parallel between the recent incident and the almost comparable abduction, rape and murder of a child belonging to migrant parents at Aluva on July 28this year.
Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan said the police learned little from the July incident. The law enforcement was monomaniacally focussed on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s security. “The crime occurred less than a km from the Aluva Palace where Mr. Vijayan was under heavily armed police guard,” said Mr. Satheesan said.
