Kerala Revenue Official Suspended For Derogatory Remarks Against Ahmedabad Plane Crash Victim

Last Updated:June 13, 2025, 16:22 IST

Kerala Revenue Minister K Rajan described the social media posts by A Pavithran as “mean, spiteful, and cruel”.

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The Kerala government has suspended a Revenue Department official accused of making defamatory and derogatory remarks against Ranjitha G Nair, a Malayali nurse who died in the Ahmedabad Air India plane crash on 12 June 2025.

In a statement on Friday, 13 June 2025, Kerala Revenue Minister K Rajan described the social media posts by A Pavithran, a junior superintendent at the Vellarikundu taluk office in Kasaragod district, as “mean, spiteful, and cruel".

Hours after the crash, a post from the profile ‘Pavi Anandashramam’ appeared containing obscene language insulting womanhood. Pavithran, a junior superintendent/deputy tehsildar of Vellarikundu taluk in Kasaragod District, also alleged that Ranjitha met this fate because she had taken leave from the Kerala government and gone abroad.

The post was deleted after it sparked controversy. However, screenshots of the post were widely circulated.

Coincidentally, similar action was taken against him in September 2024 for a social media post targeting E Chandrasekharan, former revenue minister and his local MLA. He also deleted that post and issued an apology.

According to official sources, he has previously made derogatory remarks against auto drivers and the Viswakarma community.

Ranjitha, 42, had returned to Kerala earlier that week on leave from her nursing job in the UK. She is survived by her husband, Vineesh, two young children, and her mother.

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