The intent, malice or otherwise, of the Police Department in the Thiruparankundram matter is not the first anti-Hindu attempt by the Tamil Nadu Police. Their unconstitutional endeavours reflect the prevailing mindset of the erring officers, barring a silent few. Many among them take pride in being enslaved by their political masters. The number of All India Service officers and the use of government vehicles for visits to restobars, pubs, clubs, and similar establishments showcase a sorry state of affairs in the State—this, even after excluding the misuse of orderlies, the retention of government vehicles for housemates, and other such abuses of official position. It therefore comes as no surprise that the High Court declined to accept the version of the Director General of Police, even on the issue of orderlies.
The Tamil Nadu government, in the Policy Note of the Home Department for 2025–26, stated the activities of the Special Division of the Tamil Nadu Police as follows:
“…This Division took efforts in identifying many youth having radical ideology and leaning towards certain international terrorist organisations like ISIS, Al Qaeda, etc. In order to de-radicalise and induct them into the mainstream of society, services of religious scholars and psychiatrists have been utilised. So far, 101 radicalised youth, irrespective of religions, were subjected to a de-radicalisation programme, which includes 19 persons during 2024…”
While organisations such as ISIS and Al Qaeda were named specifically, the identified individuals were referred to merely as “radicalised youth irrespective of religions”, as if those organisations comprised followers of multiple religions. This is not merely an appeasement policy of the present governance, its bureaucrats, and their subordinates; there is much more to it. Beyond appeasement, there have been repeated instances of aiding, abetting, inciting, and perpetrating offences and mischief against Hindus and society at large. The phrase “social harmony” is, in many cases, being falsely equated with the oppression of the Hindu majority.
In the year 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a DGP-ranked officer heading the CB-CID reportedly transferred several Hindu subordinates out of the unit, replacing them with Christians and crypto-Christians. At the time, detailed representations were made to the Governor of Tamil Nadu and other dignitaries, outlining the list of transferees and the circumstances, and elaborating on the existential crisis faced by Hindus within the unit. However, the officer concerned was allowed to retire before any action could be contemplated.
Several cases involving targeted attacks and murders of Hindu leaders and devotees were conveniently termed and concocted as real estate disputes or personal vendettas, even when they were clearly targeted attacks carried out by radical fundamentalists. In a few such cases, individuals who were falsely arrayed as accused and incarcerated later approached the courts and obtained orders directing the payment of compensation, owing to the perfunctory nature of the investigation conducted by the officers concerned.
Despite judicial findings highlighting investigational lacunae, the actual statistics relating to the criminal prosecution of erring police personnel for fabricating materials in support of false final reports are unlikely to be published, as they remain sparse, negligible, or non-existent. Many such officials consider themselves immune to criminal prosecution, as their political masters under the pretext of maintaining decorum and morality among subordinates indulge in cover-ups, apart from stalling or denying sanction for prosecution, excluding corruption cases. From information gathered regarding a few such attempts, it appears that law enforcement agencies have displayed less interest in upholding the rule of law and more predisposition towards serving their political masters and ideological chauvinism.
Kingsly Jayaraj
In 2018, two individuals engaged in chariot decoration work at a church in Vyasarpadi joined hands with a police constable of the same religion to attack and damage the car of a Hindu leader. The State Police arrested all three and remanded them, attributing the incident to a routine personal vendetta. The investigation was explicitly perfunctory; even the CCTV footage relied upon to identify and arrest the accused was allowed to vanish. The trial court ultimately acquitted the accused on that ground alone. The Tamil Nadu Police chose to remain silent on subsequent representations seeking action against the officers responsible for the disappearance of vital material evidence, apart from several other offences committed by them.
It later emerged that the same police constable, who had been charge-sheeted by his own department, was also involved in another FIR registered by an All-Women Police Station. That case revealed the involvement of several other police personnel; however, only one accused was charge-sheeted, giving rise to the impression that the Tamil Nadu Police were deliberately shielding the remaining accused officers. Further revelations showed that even the sole charge-sheeted accused had not been properly investigated, with several materials possibly vanishing over time. Even during the trial, summons to the first witness were not served for nearly three years, clearly establishing the intent of the erring officers to repeatedly protect a habitual offender. The plight of the victim woman, forced to run from pillar to post in pursuit of justice, is beyond imagination.
Ramalingam Murder Case – Victim Fund
Ramalingam was brutally murdered by PFI radicals in 2019. The District Collector recommended compensation under the Victim Compensation Scheme, 2013, on 06.02.2020. Despite the plight of the bereaved family, the conduct of the officers concerned reflected a glaring lack of sympathy. Sources close to the victim’s family state that false cases were repeatedly foisted on the deceased’s son, who was incarcerated multiple times by the Tamil Nadu Police.
The continued delay and deprivation of timely relief to the victim’s family by the government and the officers involved indicate that such mischief could not have been for any reason other than to subdue witnesses and aid the murderers, radical fundamentalists belonging to a banned outfit. Sources further state that, apart from the initial failures of the Tamil Nadu Police, even after the case was transferred to the NIA, the State Police continued to display a leaning favourable to the accused.
Ramalingam Murder Case – Reward Benefiting the Accused
A shocking and novel method of terror financing is yet to be fully uncovered in the Ramalingam murder case. After the case was transferred to the NIA, a reward was announced for information leading to the arrest of absconding accused. While such rewards are meant for the general public and not for government officials entrusted with enforcing the law, there have been circumstances where informants passed crucial information through trusted officers in the State Police or other law enforcement agencies. In such cases, information would be discreetly transmitted through official channels, and upon arrest, the sanctioned reward would be passed on confidentially to the informant. Such disbursement would not ordinarily invite scrutiny due to the confidentiality involved.
However, while a claim of reward by the Tamil Nadu Police may not ordinarily be questioned for the above reasons, revelations that the reward was allegedly shared with the accused themselves amount to nothing short of terror financing, allegedly at the behest of the State government. If radical fundamentalists were provided an advantage through reward amounts or were negotiated into surrender in exchange for a share of such rewards, every individual involved in the process must be thoroughly probed, and lawful action must necessarily follow.
It is further disturbing to learn from sources that this was not a one-off instance. Additional reward amounts are said to have been claimed by the State Police in connection with recent arrests made by central agencies in the same case, despite the State Police lacking any standing to claim such rewards.
Sources further reveal that the proximity of certain officials within the Tamil Nadu Police and central intelligence agencies, coupled with a possible nexus with leaders of banned outfits, has led to efforts to channel reward amounts to banned organisations or the families of the accused. These sources conclude that subjecting such erring officials to polygraph or narco analysis may help safeguard government coffers from being misused for terror financing.
