Kerala Tourism Minister K J Alphonse who faced flak for his “selfie” at a CRPF jawan’s funeral Sunday called the picture “false news”. In a letter to the Kerala DGP, the Union Minister complained about miscreants clicking his picture near the coffin and then circulating it as a “selfie” on social media platforms.
Alphonse was attending the last rites of CRPF constable V V Vasantha Kumar at Wynad on February 16. In the picture, the minister can be seen near the coffin of the slain CRPF officer. After the photo went viral, many slammed the minister for his “insensitivity.”