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The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) workers successful the Sasthamangalam ward of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation were saddled with an unenviable task connected Wednesday morning. Following objections raised by Aam Aadmi Party campaigner T.S. Rashmi, the enactment had to region the ‘IPS’ tag from the posters and run materials of their campaigner R. Sreelekha, erstwhile Director General of Police (DGP).
According to officials successful the territory administration, a ailment regarding the usage of the honorific was received astatine the office, though an bid regarding this is yet to beryllium issued. On Wednesday, successful immoderate of the run posters successful the ward, the IPS portion appeared blackened, portion successful immoderate others, it was seen arsenic ‘IPS (Retired).’
“It was a determination taken by us. I hadn’t seen the notation of ‘IPS’ successful the posters until today. It seems the AAP campaigner had raised the contented with immoderate of the BJP workers too. So, I thought it would beryllium amended to adhd ‘retired’ to the poster,” Ms. Sreelekha told The Hindu.
Ms. Sreelekha has besides been caught successful different contention regarding immoderate remarks she made successful a video successful her YouTube transmission successful July 2022. Following reports that the Ernakulam Sessions Court volition pronounce its judgement successful the histrion rape case, successful which histrion Dileep is an accused, connected December 8, 2025, the remarks she made questioning the integrity of the prosecution’s complaint against Mr. Dileep are again successful the spotlight.
Though Ms. Sreelekha was not progressive successful the probe of the case, she was DGP, Prisons, erstwhile Mr. Dileep was successful judicial custody for astir 90 days and had admitted that she had met him successful jail. The retired serviceman had claimed that the purported missive written by an accused was perchance fabricated arsenic an afterthought to trap Mr. Dileep.
Ms. Sreelekha had joined the BJP successful October 2024, immoderate years aft her status from service.
