Thrissur Pooram disruption; Commissioner Ankit Ashok transferred

Thrissur: Unnecessary police restrictions have brought Thrissur Pooram into crisis. Thrissur Commissioner Ankit Ashoka has been transferred. As Thrissur City Police Commissioner R Ilango arrives. The order regarding the new appointment of Ankit Ashok will be notified later.

The Commissioner’s actions in Thrissur Pooram were highly controversial. The footage of the police stopping those who bring bats to the elephants and those who bring for kudamattam has also come out. It was clear in the footage of that day that those bringing patta for elephants were stopped under the leadership of Thrissur City Police Commissioner Ankit Ashok.