'Assault' on driver: Senior Kerala IPS officer transferred

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Additional Director General of Police Sudesh Kumar, who ran into trouble after his daughter allegedly manhandled a junior policeman, was transferred on Saturday.

Kumar, who was also the head of the Armed Police Battalion, has not been given any new posting and has been asked to report to the Police Headquarters here, official sources said.

The alleged beating up of the policeman, Gavaskar, the official driver of Kumar, by the latter's 28-year-old daughter Snigdha took place Friday. The family members of Gavaskar met CM Pinarayi Vijayan and submitted a complaint to him regarding the incident Friday itself. The CM assured them of strict action against the IPS officer's daughter. The incident has kicked up a row as a number of policemen, deployed as camp followers for personal service of senior officers, have complained about the ill-treatment they face from their superiors and their family members.