'Unsavoury' remarks on Rahul land police official in trouble

'Unsavoury' remarks over a wireless handset on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his unscheduled overnight stay here yesterday, has landed a senior police official in trouble as an enquiry has been ordered into it.

"ADGP (north) Mahesh Kumar Singala has asked me to submit a report after holding an enquiry into the circumstances and context in which the alleged unsavoury remarks on the VVIP were made," City Police Commissioner S Sreejith told PTI here today.

Assistant commissioner of Police (south) CM Pradeep Kumar through his wireless handset had allegedly said that "does this chap have no business?" and "which location he is planning to visit."

The remarks were reportedly made after senior officials were alerted to be on various spots after Gandhi made a surprise outing in the city on reaching the guest house here last evening.

Since the remarks were made through the wireless, the message was immediately passed over to the Central and State home ministries following which the authorities are understood to have called for an enquiry.

Gandhi had visited the state yesterday during which he had interactive meetings with party workers as well as students of different colleges in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode.

Gandhi, who stayed put in a guest house last night after attending a meeting at Farooq College here, had tea at a roadside hotel taking police and his security officials by surprise. He left the state for poll-bound Maharashtra in the morning.