By IANS,
Kozhikode (Kerala) : A Kerala police officer is facing an inquiry for asking about Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s location on the police wireless by referring to him as a ‘changadi’ (friend).
According to reports, Assistant Commissioner of Police Pradeep Kumar at 9.40 p.m. Wednesday said on the wireless: “Aa changathiyude location evidya? (Where is that friend?)”
Kozhikode Police commissioner S. Sreejith told IANS that he is inquiring into the incident as per the instructions of Additional Director General of Police Mahesh Kumar Singla.
“I am inquiring into it. The process has begun,” said Sreejith.
Gandhi, who arrived in the state Wednesday, had three meetings at Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode. He broke the security ring on occasions causing anxious moments for the officials.
“He has lot of threats and he breaks the ‘security box’. The biggest question is who will bell the cat? Someone has to tell him that,” said a top police official on condition of anonymity.
On Wednesday night in Kozhikode, Gandhi took off to have ethnic food at a hotel along with his Special Protection Group personnel. It took some time for the state police to catch up with him at the hotel, the official said.