Taking to his official Facebook page, the outgoing DGP, the outspoken TP Senkumar, aired his views on his transfer on Facebook.
Highlights
- Director General of Police transferred by new Left government
- He had been in office for a year
- Heads of police force must get at least 2-year term: Supreme Court
A day before he lost his job as Kerala's top police officer, TP Senkumar wrote on Facebook that he is not spineless.
" I have my vertebras still in place. I have never appeased anyone for a posting. I have tried to be impartial and fair," Mr Senkumar wrote in English.
Mr Senkumar has been replaced with Lokhnath Behera just a week after the Left front replaced the earlier Congress-led government. Senior bureaucrats have been transferred too.
In 2006, the Supreme Court ruled that the term for the Director General of Police for any state should run at least two years to ensure that if a government changes, there is continuity in the leadership and investigations of the police force, and political interference or pressure is minimalized.
The former police chief of Kerala had posted this on an official Facebook page he created.
But Mr Senkumar has been removed after just one year in office.
The government says it has no regrets but offers no details for transferring Mr Senkumar. "There is nothing wrong in it. Only the right decisions have been taken," pronounced EP Jayarajan, Industries Minister.