Top bureaucrat courts row over Hindu officers’ WhatsApp group

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Industries and commerce director K Gopalakrishnan has courted controversy over a WhatsApp group ‘Mallu Hindu Off’ with Hindu bureaucrats as members that he allegedly created. The IAS officer’s colleagues had received WhatsApp notifications of being added to the group.

The group was reportedly started on Diwali day, with Gopalakrishnan allegedly sending invites to not just serving Hindu IAS officers but also retired chief secretaries belonging to the community. After the issue snowballed into a major controversy, 11 WhatsApp groups that were created in his name were deleted.