Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Vijay Sakhare has dismissed the allegations that the police had failed in preventing the murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader S.K. Sreenivasan at Melamuri here on Saturday.
Sreenivasan was hacked to death by a six-member gang in less than 24 hours after Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) worker A. Subair was murdered by a gang at Elappully on Friday. The back-to-back murders in apparent retaliation shocked the State, triggering criticism against the police and the government.
Mr. Sakhare, who reviewed a meeting of police officers here on Sunday, said that it would be difficult to prevent a murder if it was planned. “Both the murders were planned. It is very difficult to prevent planned murders. We cannot say there was police failure,” he said.
