On December 14, 2011, the police had rounded up 17 BJP workers who were allegedly involved in throwing stones at the Sullia police station in protest against the alleged police inaction in a case of moral policing.
Following an inquiry conducted by Bipin Gopakrishna, the Additional Director General of Police, two policemen, a sub inspector and a circle inspector were suspended. The wives of the suspended policemen had staged a protest against the disciplinary action taken against their husbands.
They had also threatened to launch a hunger strike in front of the police station. However, following assurances from higher police officers they had withdrawn their protest. They had also thought of staging a mammoth protest in Sullia by involving the wives of all the personnel of the Puttur subdivision.
The suspension of the two constables Skariya and Ramesh has since been withdrawn. But they have been transferred to Puttur traffic police station and Bantwal town police station respectively.
However, the suspension order issued against Circle Inspector Tharanath and Sub Inspector Ravikumar still stays. Although Tharanath was not present during the stand-off between the police and the Sangh Parivar workers, he was suspended as he did not heed to the advice of the higher officers.
Interestingly, the Sangh Parivar activists had not filed any complaint against Tharanath during the inquiry by Mr. Gopalakrishna. It is also said that the saffron outfits were not too keen on taking disciplinary action against him. Now that the suspension of the two police constables have been withdrawn, the BJP workers of Sullia are said to be unhappy about the way things are moving.
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