Incidents of police excesses against ordinary people and public figures are on the rise in Kerala and the Home department headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has been a total failure, Kodikunnil Suresh, MP, has said.

He said that in police stations, common people and even Left party workers were being denied justice under the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front government. “The Chief Minister is trying to protect police officers with criminal tendencies. Failure to take strong action against police excesses undermines democracy and erodes people’s trust,” Mr. Suresh said.