By Our Correspondent
Thrissur: The Thrissur City Police have started a preliminary inquiry into allegations that the Union Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Tourism, Mr Suresh Gopi had misused an ambulance during The Thrissur Pooram in April this year.
The police initiated the inquiry against the minister Suresh Gopi based on a complaint lodged by a local leader of the Communist Party of India(CPI) the police sources said.
The preliminary inquiry is meant to determine whether there is sufficient merit to register a First Information Report regarding the incident, which occurred just before the Lok Sabha elections.
The complaint had been forwarded to the Thrissur City Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) for a preliminary inquiry, the sources said.
The complainant claimed that Mr Gopi had arrived at the Pooram festival grounds in a Seva Bharati ambulance after the Thiruvambady faction temporarily stopped the celebrations. The petitioner alleged that the ambulance meant for medical emergencies was used for non-medical purposes. In addition to, the complaint also stated that Mr Gopi was transported to a restricted area where other vehicles were prohibited.
