Once for 1994, CPM workers were convicted for firing, Ravada a Chandrashekhar chose the new Kerala DGP. Bharat News

Earlier, a special cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan raised Chandrashekhar from the list of three senior police officers, which was made by UPSC as the next DGP, which was making Sheikh Darvesh Saheb, who retired on Monday (June 30).

The government’s order said that law and order ADGP H Venkatesh holds additional charge of IPS DGP post, as long as Chandrashekhar has accused, the government’s order said.

Expressing happiness, Chandrashekhar told a TV channel that he would soon come to the state to handle the new office and hoped that his earlier experience in Kerala would be beneficial for his new term.

Chandrashekhar, a native of Andhra Pradesh, has a long innings in the central deputation. He is abandoned with one year of service as a state police chief, but the term will increase by two years as per the Supreme Court directive.

The appointment of Chandrashekhar as the state police chief fired in Kothuparamba in 1994, killing five activists of the CPI (M) youth wing daffy and another activist was on the bed (he died last year). Opposing the self-funded educational institutions of the Congress-led government, Kothuparamba firing took place against the then Cooperation Minister MV Raghavan during a protest organized by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (Dyfi).

Chandrashekhar, who was then an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Thalaseri in Kannur district, was one of the police officers at the deputed place for mob control.

Referring to the role of Chandrashekhar in the Kutuparamba police firing, CPI (M) State Secretary MV Govindan said he was not convicted by the court in the case. He said, “There is no role in the party’s decision that has been taken by the government. We will stand by the decision of the government. No party leader has protested against the verdict,” he said.

Senior CPI (M) leader P Jayarajan explained the media in detail about the alleged police cruelty towards the party during the 1994 incident and said that Chandrashekhar was one of the officers involved in firing.

Kannur’s CPIM leader said, “We staged a protest against all the officials involved in the incident. But their appointment is not in which the party should take a political stand. It is not a political decision, but an administrative decision.”

The CPI (M) government, which came to power in 1996, ordered a judicial inquiry to watch the role of police and revenue officers in the incident. The Commission submitted its report against the three officials, who were found responsible for the police firing. Chandrashekhar, who took the position as an asple thalassari two days before the incident, was left.

However, things took a turn against Chandrashekhar when the police started investigating the incident based on the findings of the Judicial Commission. An excavation-level investigation listed Chandrashekhar as one of the accused. Chandrasekhar challenged the proceedings in the High Court, which in 2000 abolished the FIR against him.

“The officer lives from Andhra Pradesh and joined the service two days before the incident, thus he had no acquaintance with anyone. He went to the spot in obedience to order the superior authorities, therefore, alleging that he belonged to someone or said in the general court to murder that he is only a figure.”

The state government had filed an appeal against the order, but the Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s directive, giving relief for Chandrashekhar.

Others in the list of other people were 1990-batch officer Nitin Aggarwal, who serve as Director General of Border Security Force and serve as Road Safety Commissioner after the central government withdraws the original cadre. The third IPS officer in the list was Yogesh Gupta, the Director General of Fire and Rescue Services. While serving as a vigilance and anti -corruption director, Gupta, who has a service until 2030, invited the anger of the CPI (M) leaders in the investigation of complaints related to party leaders.