The promotions were given by filling up the vacancies from 2019 and 2020 lists.

The promotions were given by filling up the vacancies from 2019 and 2020 lists.

The promotions were given by filling up the vacancies from 2019 and 2020 lists.

Thiruvananthapuram: A cop accused in an attempt to murder case is among 22 senior officers in the Kerala Police conferred with the IPS (Indian Police Service) rank.

N Abdul Rasheed was among the senior officers accused in the attempt to murder journalist V B Unnithan.

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However, last May, the High Court of Kerala ruled against a CBI appeal against conferring IPS on the accused cop. The list of officers conferred was prepared in 2019 and 2020.

The officers conferred IPS from the 2019 list: Gopakumar K S, Bijoy P, Suneesh Kumar R, Prasanthan Kani B K, Sabu Mathew K M, Sudarsan K S, Shaji Sugunan and Vijayan K V.

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From the 2020 list, those conferred IPS are Ajih V, Kishore Kumar J, Abdul Rasheed N, Aji V S, Jayasankar R, Sandeep V M, Sunilkumar V, Aji K K, Raju A S, Johnkutty K L, Rajesh N, Reji Jacob, K E Baiju and R Mahesh.