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Umesh U.S., a elder Civil Police Officer attached to the Aranmula constabulary station, has been dismissed from work for repeatedly insulting the State constabulary unit and elder officers connected societal media and for committing acts of indiscipline.
The dismissal was ordered by Pathanamthitta District Police Chief R. Anand. The dismissal bid noted that allowing him to proceed successful work would obstruct the functioning of the constabulary unit and tarnish the representation of the government.
The action, initiated nether the Kerala Police Act, cited persistent behavioural misconduct arsenic the crushed for dismissal. It besides stated that the elder CPO had earlier faced aggregate disciplinary actions for violations related to societal media conduct. Mr. Umesh has the enactment to record an entreaty against the dismissal.
As per the order, Mr. Umesh had antecedently been served memos for violating societal media behaviour guidelines issued by successive State Police Chiefs. However, alternatively of submitting due explanations, helium posted the memos on with his defiant replies connected Facebook.
An enquiry conducted by the Pathanamthitta District Police Chief recovered that arsenic galore arsenic 11 departmental inquiries had been initiated against him, 8 of them related to defamatory societal media posts targeting elder officers.
Disciplinary action, including withholding of wage increments, had besides been taken against him for criticising the past City Police Commissioner successful transportation with Sabarimala duty, mocking the government’s UAPA actions utilizing movie scenes, and posting contented perceived arsenic supportive of accused persons. Action had besides been initiated against him connected charges of idiosyncratic misconduct.
The dismissal bid noted that Mr. Umesh had publically mocked decisions related to wage disbursement. It besides recovered his assertion that helium failed to be the enquiry owed to non-payment of wage to beryllium false. Mr. Umesh had earlier been transferred from the Feroke constabulary presumption successful Kozhikode to Aranmula arsenic portion of disciplinary action.
When contacted, Mr. Umesh said helium would beryllium moving an entreaty against the decision. Mr Anand, meanwhile, was not disposable for remark contempt aggregate attempts.
