Thiruvananthapuram: There are indications that there is a move to transfer the salary distribution accounts of police officers in the state to a private bank.
Police are transferring accounts from SBI to HDFC Bank. The DGP has directed the bank to provide the details of the officials involved in the recovery to the private bank. Protests are strong against the transfer of salary accounts in the army.

Currently, the salary distribution accounts in the state police force are with SBI. These accounts are now being transferred to a private bank. Steps have been taken to transfer the accounts of all the employees to HDFC Bank. It is proposed to transfer all employee repayments such as Police Welfare Fund, Mess Allowance and Organizational Collection to HDFC from now on. For this, the DGP instructed them to give all the information of the officials to the private bank.

Officials have to transfer the information through the link available on the mobile. But officials complain that their personal information is being leaked to another agency based in Safdarjung, Delhi, where HDFC Bank has been awarded the contract. Officials also shared concerns that the move could create security issues in the future.

Dubai: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan arrived in Dubai. The Chief Minister, who arrived in Dubai for the first time since the second Pinarayi government came to power, was received by a delegation led by Indian Consul General Aman Puri. During his eight-day visit, the Chief Minister will hold talks with UAE Ministers and business leaders.

Thiruvananthapuram: Minister Mohammad Riyas to suspend the officials of the road works. Minister Mohammad Riyaz directed to suspend the officers pointed out by the Public Works Vigilance Wing as they were aware of the high number of complaints regarding the irregularities in the construction of Malavila-Pulikeshi road in Kottarakkara Oomannur panchayath.

The complaint was that the road was being repaired without any damage and that the tarring of the road was being disturbed before the construction was completed.  Following this, the minister sought a report from a special team tasked with investigating unnecessary repairs.
Minister Mohammad Riyas said that the people are requested to be informed as soon as possible if any such issues are noticed in each area.

Kochi: The Kochi Metro service will resume service from 7 am on January 30. The decision was taken because of the UPSC Combined Recruitment Examination.The service will start at 7 am instead of 8 am to help the candidates reach the examination center on time.

Kochi: The high court on Monday directed Dileep and his co-accused to hand over the phones requested by the crime branch in connection with the conspiracy to assassinate the investigating officers in the case of attacking the actress. Justice P Gopinath rejected Dileep’s request for more time to produce the phone.

The order is to hand over the phone to the High Court Registry on Monday at 10.15 am. The court warned that if this was not complied with, the protection given to Dileep from arrest would be withdrawn. Dileep’s lawyer said the phone was in Mumbai and needed more time to produce it. But the court made it clear that this could not be allowed.

Thiruvananthapuram: The spread of covid among the police in the state is severe. This reinforces the need for duty adjustment. Most of the staff involved in the spread of the disease are station workers.

Police organizations have approached the state police chief with a demand for duty adjustment as the spread of the disease is likely to hamper the internal security and law and order of the state.

Use the online systems for receiving complaints from the public to reduce the spread of the disease through contact, expand the existing online system to include more options, temporarily withdraw the operation of various squads of non-emergency nature and take steps to deploy them on duty at police stations, give leave for maternity and pediatric patients are the demands needed by the police organizations to the state police chief.

Meanwhile, in the third wave of covid, about 500 policemen in the Kochi City Police have been affected by covid so far. Currently, there are about 200 policemen in the home quarantine. Covid has also affected the families of several police officers, including young children and the elderly.

Covid has affected more than half of the people at various stations. The operation at many stations has come to a standstill as the police are moving to Quarantine in droves.