A rash of street crimes appear to have acquired a political dimension with the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) lashing out at the State police for allegedly going soft on felons at the instance of the ruling CPI(M).
Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan and Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday spotlighted the Pantheerankavu police’s alleged apathy to the survivor of domestic violence as indicative of the general lethargy and apathy that has consumed the State law enforcement under Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s watch.
They said the police accorded an escape window to the wife-beater by going slack on her complaint.
