Enemies?
It is not easy being a woman in a masculine world. It is doubly difficult if you are successful. It was seen previously too that my achievements, however small it be, make officers within the Department jealous and they try to sling mud at me in public.
Yes, officers within the Police Department. Media is the biggest source through which they can do this. As SP CBI, through the media, they tried to make me a terrorist who forced an immigration officer to transport a criminal with no documents/forged documents outside the Country... after my successful stint as IG of a Range, they linked my name with a self-made-Godman and a pedophile whom I had not set eyes on till date, casting aspersions that I tried to save him from crime cases.... as IG Crime Branch it was unautherised foreign trip & tussle with another IPS officer that was highlighted....as ADG Vigilance, it was stray dog support and as ADG SS&T, my husband using Police car to go to hospital which the media gave as exclusive stories....!
As Transport Commissioner, it is now misuse of official vehicle for personal purposes and making policemen carry out slave work (Adima pani) !!!!
Lies are told with such convictions in typical media newscast-style with pictures & videos with intention to hurt me & ruin my reputation. To those who see it, it may seem like truths. It used to hurt me because those who watch it circulate it on you tube to others and gives it more importance than needed. They get a high from it and feel that- oh, see?... didn't I tell you?... she is also corrupt like the most corrupt. She is no saint, she will be suspended from service.. action will have to be taken against her now...she will now face the music..!
This is exactly what the enemies want. Tarnish reputation. And oh, they want me to be hurt too. Thinking both these purposes are served, they are happy.
Why do they do it?
Enemies- They get some kick out of it. They always do since the past 28 years. They know nothing will come out of it against me. That there is no grounds for Government or Department to take any action. If there are valid allegations, then media is not the people they will lean to, to hurt me, they can give a coplaint to the Government, Courts, Minister or to the DGP . They have no proof or evidence for giving written complaints, so they depend on the media to tell lies about me so that their secret pleasures could be pampered. They record it, take press cuttings, circulate & make merry for some time. When people find out that there was no truth in them, then they wait for the next occasion.
Media- There is a lot of competition among media for exclusive stories. Stories about IPS/IAS officers have good market, especially if it is a woman officer. If senior police officers tell them a story, they will swallow it whole. If some clippings/video or a bit of paper can be given as the "so called evidence" then they will telecast/ print the gossip. Friends from the media often tell me that they entertain police officers to give them juicy gossips which has public appeal. Added to the juicy gossip, if some "refreshments" are also given, then any lie can get media coverage.
The truth. About the recent Indiavision news. I went to Parassala Joint RTO office officially, in my official car and came to know of a farm nearby which sell lawn grass. On my way back in the evening, I took a small detour & visited this garden planning to purchase plants for the garden of my new house which has been completed recently. Since I didn't know the way, I requested the local police station to give directions. They piloted my car for less than 500 meters. After making a few purchases, I came back. A week later, Indiavision showed an exclusive news throughout the day that I misused my official car for private purposes and showed amateur clippings of me standing at the garden, some policemen in uniform carrying something to my car and a picture of my dog sitting inside a car. This was mixed clippings taken at various times. I had no dog in car when I visited that garden. I did not make nor see any police officer in uniform carry anything for me to my car, since there were staff at that farm to do it. Besides, I purchased just few saplings and some manure which didn't require any heavy carrying. I just ignored that news.
Two weeks later, when I was in Ernakulam attending the Police- Cyber Conference- Cocon, my personal security posted at my camp office called me over phone and said that while they shifted a sewing machine of the tailor I hired for sofa upholstery & curtain for the new house, India vision people were filming it on camera. When he asked them what they were doing, they fled. He further said that he summoned a police jeep for shifting this sewing machine since the trip was for less than 50 meters. I didn't know about his calling the police jeep & had not given permission for it too. Still, after I got back, I paid money for trip used for personal purposes at the treasury. An officer can use departmental vehicles for personal purposes after paying the charges for it at the Treasury and each time I use it for private purpose, I pay for it at the end of the month.
On the day of house warming- exactly at the time the milk was put on fire for the function, Indiavision started their exclusive news of my new house, how official vehicles were misused, how policemen were made to do slavery and of a policeman showing obscene gesture at the cameraman (picture excluded, since he just asked what they were doing!) This went on till 7 pm or so every half an hour in the channel.
1. How can an officer in Ernakulam make policemen do slavery in Trivandrum?
2. Why would a police-slave of an ADGP showed obscene gestures at cameraman?
3. The pictures showed my tailor whom I hired carrying a sewing machine inside, helped by my personal security and of a gardener taking out some grass from the back of a car dickey.
I did not see this news that day, but saw it on you tube later. It was quite a silly news. The first news of Indiavision when I saw it, I joked at my pet dog Toffee that she too became a TV star. This time, I found that they have made some awesome pictures and videos of my house, I never realised it looked so beautiful from outside! So, both times, I saw the positives first although the intention of my enemies was to hurt me. Strangely enough, both the Indiavision news failed to hurt me. Neither did the manorama news which showed my husband taking a lift in my official car to Medical College. That was silly too. After having worked in Anti-corruption agencies & CBI for over 10 years in my career, I know what corruption is. After working in Police Dept for 28 years, I know what jealousy is! I just fail to understand the thrill & kick that my enemies get through such cheap deeds that they carry out. I also fail to understand why the public believe in all that the media people show as "big" gossippy news.
I wrote this since my friends asked me if I have anything to talk about the Indiavision news. Actually, I don't. This blog is not an explanation or my side of the story. I know my enemies. Their names, their identity, why they do it and when they will stop doing it. It is not just worth talking about it. I have better things to do for the public, for the Government, for my family & for me than bother about all these trivia.
So, enemies, keep doing it. You are welcome! Follow me, stalk me, take pictures, videos and tell all the lies and stories you want. I have nothing to hide, so I have no fears. Thanks for making Toffee a TV star & for giving publicity to the world that I have moved in to my new house "Samruddhi" at last! Now I have an address to boast of!
