Thirivananthapuram > The State government will not brook authoritarianism, third degree and corruption in the police force, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. His message at a human rights seminar organised by the Kerala State Police Complaints authority on Tuesday assumed significance against the immediate backdrop of a special court sentencing two serving officers to death by hanging in a 13-year-old custodial torture case.
'Police has to be the protectors of human rights. But now there are many instances where police becomes human rights violators. There are several such complaints from across the country. Use of third degree torture, excessive power, unnecessary detention and corruption is not acceptable. There are such complaints from Kerala also,' Pinarayi said
The CM said officers should approach issues based on facts. They should not hanker for publicity nor be driven by it. Governance was not a vehicle for officials to satisfy their vanity by excessively courting the media. 'Do not fall into that publicity trap set by the press,' he said without referring to any officer by name.
'Corruption is also a kind of human rights violations. There will be no consideration from the government's part to those officers who are indulging in such acts,' added Pinarayi.
