IB-police standoff on airport posting

Kochi: A stand-off has developed between the Intelligence Bureau and Kerala police on posting personnel to man the immigration counters at the Cochin airport.
Nearly 250 officials from the Kerala police, who had been manning these counters before the IB took over the immigration wing early this year, had applied to join the bureau on deputation.
The IB had selected 74 of these officials in the first phase and was planning to release another list of 75 people. However, the IB is known to have rejected the names of about 100 state police personnel whose track record were not up to the mark.
Meanwhile, some of the leaders of the Kerala Police Association had allegedly persuaded the state home department to clear all the 250 names. At their insistence, the state government officials had informed the Intelligence Bureau that they would only relieve approved officials on deputation if the remaining 100 officials were also taken on board.
23/07/12 T Ramavarman/Times of India

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Categories: airports Jul 2012