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Kerala 'super cop' courts fresh row

Before the row over his refusal to salute a minister dying down, senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rishiraj Singh has courted another controversy by visiting the house of an accused in a murder attempt case.
An officer of the rank of additional director general of police (ADGP), Singh visited the house of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bijeesh, who is facing the case in connection with the attempt to murder two Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers in Trichcur district in 2010.
Singh was invited by Bijeesh after a programme held at Kandanassery to mark the Kargil Victory Day on Sunday. Bijeesh was one of the organizers of the programme, which was held under the banner of an organization of ex-servicemen called 'Deshasnehi'.
The senior officer said that he had visited the house to participate in the dinner organized in connection with the programme and he was not aware that the host was an accused in a criminal case. Other dignitaries who participated in the programme had also joined the dinner.
However, the CPM, which leads the opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the state, has accused Singh, whom the party had regarded as an upright officer who does not yields to any pressure, of trying to curry favours with the BJP-led regime in New Delhi.

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