The practice was inspired by targeted political killings in Alappuzha.
The State Police Intelligence has launched an investigation into alleged armed gangs that carry out the killings at the behest of their political masters. targeted Political killings in Alappuzha Inspired to practice.
By one account, the investigation focused primarily on two organizations that subscribe to extreme radical views.
The exercise was reportedly the result of a top-level meeting chaired by state police chief Anil Kant and attended by TKVinod Kumar, additional director general of police, intelligence, among others.
Organizations that come under the purview of the police are believed to occupy opposite sides of the religious spectrum.
As such tit attacks and revenge killings by their respective cadres often threatened to disturb the communal peace.
The intelligence effort is believed to be focused on identifying hit teams of both organizations, studying their criminal past, monitoring their social media accounts, identifying their safe homes and vehicles, and tracking their mobile phone activity. The police was also demanding execution of pending warrants against the alleged miscreants.
They will also legally check whether the workers attract Kerala Anti-Social Activity Prevention (KAPA) provisions that make them eligible for preventive detention.
mafia-style Hit and run murders in Alappuzha, imprisoned by neighborhood surveillance cameras, had prompted the police to keep a close eye on the mechanics of such political crimes.
The investigation into the Alappuzha murders initially ran into a headwind when investigators found that the attackers had maintained mobile phone silence during the killings for the police to trace. However, the authorities can later cross this hurdle and nab the suspects.
An official said such crimes were often coordinated through encrypted mobile phone messaging groups. Access to the groups was restricted according to the hierarchy. The names of individuals who have executed political hits rarely figure in the muster roll of the organisation. In some crimes, organizations imported killers from other regions to carry out local operations.
An official said that a strong legal system supported the accused. The organizations also provided for the families of those involved in political crimes. In the past, organizational leaders often negotiated the surrender of alleged suspects.
However, when the case came up for hearing, prosecutors were forced to think that the accused could provide strong excuse. It seemed that those who had nothing to do with the crime had committed the crime at the behest of their leaders to shield the real attackers.
Last week, Mr Kant had categorically said that the investigation into the Alappuzha murders would reach the doors of the leaders who sanctioned the crime.
The police had criticized the opposition for its alleged “failure” to predict and prevent inter-party violence in Alappuzha.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Saw a conspiracy to incite communal unrest in Kerala. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had assured strict action in the matter.
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