Trolled for insensitive selfie at CRPF jawan's funeral, Union Minister KJ Alphons asks Kerala DGP for action

"I attended the last ceremonial rites of Vasantha Kumar, who sacrificed his life for the nation, on February 16 at Wayanad. Some person had taken my photographs standing near the coffin. My media secretary had put the same on Facebook," Alphons said

Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons has asked Kerala Director General of Police to take action against ‘culprits,’ who he said were responsible for spreading ‘false news’ about his selfie at the funeral of a CRPF jawan’s funeral.Alphons said that it was ‘uncharitable, unbecoming and illegal to spread false news’ when he was merely paying homage to a jawan as a union minister. “Kindly take appropriate action against culprits and bring them before law,” he said. “Some miscreants had spread false news against me on social media. The act of those miscreants reduced my reputation in the public, which is an offence punishable under the provisions of IPC,” Alphons was quoted by news agency ANI.