A salute by a police officer to groups of volunteerswho helped in evacuating the Air India Express plane crash victims here has landed him in trouble with an enquiry being ordered into his conduct. Nizar A, a senior civil police officer of the control room here, had saluted the young volunteers, who had participated in the rescue operations on Friday and are now in quarantine at Kondotty here.
A photograph of the police officer’s gesture has gone viral on social media. Malappuram District police chief U Abdul Kareem said the policeman, who was deployed at the airport to ensure public do not crowd at the place of the mishap site, visited two quarantine centres on his own.
