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Shan A S

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Thiruvananthapuram
As seen in: The New Indian Express, Pet News 2Day, Edex Live
Covers:  Home department, police, excise and vigilance. Dabbles in most of the topics on need basis.
Doesn't Cover: Fashion, animal rights and all the Page 3 stuff.

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A no-nonsense journo with 13 years of hard-earned experience. Came through the grind on my own, so slightly on the gritty side. Working as Special Correspondent in The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram Bureau. Cover police, excise, vigilance and home department portfolios. Prior to that, been a sports writer and a desk hand.

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Kerala's intelligence wing unmasks identity of 62 members of drug cartel

Kerala's intelligence wing unmasks identity of 62 members of drug cartel

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state police have unmasked the identity of 62 drug dealers, who have been operating f…

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‘Use discretion’: Kerala Police chief on handcuffing those arrested

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By Shan A S Verified
| The New Indian Express Verified
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In an apparent fallout of the incident where some CPM-SFI workers, who were arrested in connection with the attack on Enforcement Directorate personnel were taken to court in handcuffs, the state police chief has warned cops against misusing the provision in Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which empowers officers to put handcuffs on arrested persons. Ravada A Chandrasekhar said it was observed that ambiguity still existed on the use of handcuffs.
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Panel recommends strengthening digital security infrastructure in Kerala prisons

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By Shan A S Verified
| The New Indian Express Verified
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Enhancing digital security infrastructure, setting up new central prisons, and maintaining a repository of sharp-edged tools kept in prison workshops to avoid misuse by inmates. These are some of the major recommendations made by a panel that looked into the safety lacunae in prisons in the state, highly placed sources confirmed to TNIE.
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Kerala excise dept to launch portal to ease anti-drug operations

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By Shan A S Verified
| The New Indian Express Verified
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The excise department will launch a portal to facilitate anonymous reporting of narcotic activities, guiding addicts to de-addiction centres and to rear a column of volunteers, who will act as eyes and ears of the excise sleuths. “The work of the portal is in the final stage. It will be officially rolled out within 10 days,” said an excise source.
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