By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kochi: The Kerala Government has ordered a probe into the portrayal of Muslims as terrorist in an anti-terror visual capsule prepared by the state police.
Ernakulam Range IG Vinson M Paul has been assigned to enquire into the portrayal of Muslim characters as the theme in the visualisation of terrorist hunt organised by the Kerala police, informed Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, state Home Minister. The Intelligence department also will probe into the matter. There were some doubts about the visualisation organised by the police in the beginning itself. But the seriousness was understood when newspapers reported the matter and the intelligence submitted its report, the minister said.
The visualisation of the police hunt for terrorists was presented in a function organised by the police department in connection with the launching of the Computer Aided Police Service (CAPS) in Kochi on July 30. The CAPS will enable to bring all police stations and offices, including that of the state DGP, together under a computerised network. Complaints can be lodged through e-mail and the status of the case be monitored online. The Home Minister and DGP Jacob Punnoose were present at the function. The visualisation was reportedly organised by Tomin J Thachankari, Kannur Range IG and head of police Cyber Cell, and Manoj Abraham, Kochi City Police Commissioner.
The visualisation deals with the tactful defeat of a high-tech terror network by the police. All the terrorist characters wear pyjamas and kurtha and have beard. They hack the government websites. The Cyber Cell of the Kerala Police locates them and shoots all one by one.
However, the DGP reportedly maintained that he did not feel there was anything offensive against any particular community in the visualisation. He added that the dressing and beard can’t be taken as referring to Muslims. Moreover, no names of the characters have been said.
The Home Minister has said several times that the police enquiry in connection with terrorism should not be used to insult or abuse any particular community. Recently, the move of the Kochi city police Commissioner to make a 2-hour film against terrorism too had created news.