Thirty-seven State Police Service officers attending the IPS induction training course at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad, recently received a warm welcome when they visited a ‘kuttipallikoodam’ (mini school) at Kongamarathinmoodu, a tribal settlement inside the Kallar forests in the district.
The police officers who were visiting the State capital to know about the Kerala Police as part of a study-cum-cultural tour were accompanied to the kuttipallikoodam by student police cadets (SPCs) of Government Vocational and Higher Secondary School, Vithura, their teachers, and police officials.
The kuttipallikoodam has come up in the settlement, courtesy the SPC project at the school and the Janamaithri police station at Vithura. At the settlement, residents, including tribal children, thronged the kuttipallikoodam to greet the visitors and serve them their indigenous food and perform a dance similar to kolkali for them.
