Kerala Fire Force points round barring coaching for non secular, political outfits

By PTI

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Fire and Rescue Services has issued a round prohibiting imparting of rescue coaching to spiritual organisations and political events, days after an argument erupted over the coaching session carried out by its personnel for Popular Front of India (PFI) activists in Ernakulam.

Fire Force Director General B Sandhya had on Saturday issued the round saying the division has taken a critical observe of the incident wherein coaching was given to an “extremist organisation”.

It additionally mentioned the hearth pressure offers demonstration, consciousness and coaching to basic public both by itself or upon the request of presidency companies and varied residence organisations, scholar police cadet, NCC, NSS, different accredited voluntary organisation, academic establishments and kudumbashree.

Warning of motion in opposition to the workers that conduct such coaching, the round learn, “The training imparted to religious organisations and political parties will be considered as indiscipline and a serious lapse on the part of the officials, who provide such training. The department takes a serious view of the recent incident in which training was given to an extremist organisation. These are the circumstances under which this circular is being issued.”

The opposition Congress had on Saturday demanded that the state authorities order an inquiry into the coaching supplied to PFI activists in Aluva Images of the coaching session have gone viral following which the state Fire Force Chief Sandhya ordered an investigation into the matter.

The matter got here to gentle after BJP state chief Okay Surendran had posted the photographs of the coaching session on Twitter, saying the Left authorities was giving purple carpet for “jihadi forces”.