The officer, whose personal number was allegedly hacked, filed a complaint with the Thiruvananthapuram City Police Commissioner, seeking an inquiry into the matter.

Thiruvananthapuram: Amid the ongoing controversy over the WhatsApp group called "Mallu Hindu Officers," which comprised Hindu IAS officers, K. Gopalakrishnan, the IAS officer from the Department of Industries,

Kerala Industries Minister P Rajeeve, on Monday, November 4, said that the government would probe the controversy regarding the WhatsApp group created excl

A controversy over a WhatsApp group named 'Mallu Hindu Officers', allegedly administered by Kerala Industry and Commerce Department Director K. Gopalakrishnan, is in the spotlight.

The complainant, IAS officer K Gopalakrishnan, is the director of industries and commerce in Kerala. He claimed that two WhatsApp groups called “Mallu Hindu Officers” and “Mallu Muslim Officers” were created after his phone was hacked. The “Mallu ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Several IAS officers from the Kerala cadre were shocked when they found that they were added to a new WhatsApp group named "Mallu Hindu Officers" on October 31. This group included only Hindu officers and was reportedly created from a phone number linked to IAS officer K Gopalakrishnan.

In his complaint, IAS officer K Gopalakrishnan, the director of industries and commerce in state government, said he became aware of these groups after a friend called and informed of their existence.