K. Lakshmana

Lakshmana, K.
Born	1935 Kasaragod
Occupation	Former police officer

K. Lakshmana (born 1935) is a retired IGP (Inspector General ,of Police) from Kerala State Police department.Who was also convicted by court for giving order for fake encounter of Naxal Varghese, He was appointed in 1960 by Kerala State Police and his evolution from a young Dy.S.P to become an IGP was fascinating to the progressive forces in the Kerala Society especially because of his outstanding performance and closeness to K Karunakaran the late chief minister of kerala.

A police constable named P. Ramachandran Nair admitted publicly in 1998 that he had shot the Indian Communist party activist, Arikkad Varghese, on orders of Lakshmana, then a deputy superintendent of police. A gun was planted on the dead body to imply that he had been shot dead in an encounter with the police. On 28 October 2010, in a historic judgement a special CBI court found former police officer K. Lakshmana guilty of compelling Ramachandran Nair to shoot Varghese and was sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of ten thousand rupees.[5] The verdict was later upheld by the Kerala High Court.[1]

[1] References ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/once-there-was-a-hero..../705882/0

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