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{{Short description|Incident in Kerala, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = 2009 Beemapally Police Shooting
| location = [[Beemapally]], Kerala, India
| date = 17 May 2009
| fatalities = 6
| injuries = 42
}}

The '''2009 Beemapally police shooting''' was a [[List of cases of police brutality in India|police shooting]] that happened at [[Beemapally]], a coastal area in southern [[Kerala]], [[India]] on 17 May 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/kerala-clash-four-killed-in-police-firing/|title=Kerala clash: four killed in police firing|date=May 18, 2009}}</ref> Six people died and 42 others were injured. Four policemen were suspended and the city police commissioner was transferred in the aftermath.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2009/may/23/cheriyathura-police-chief-shifted-four-cops-suspended-51685.html|title=Cheriyathura: police chief shifted, four cops suspended|website=The New Indian Express|date=15 May 2012 }}</ref>

== Investigation ==

A judicial commission headed by district judge K. Ramakrishnan investigated the incident.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Cheriyathura firing: Panel submits rerport to CM|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2012/jan/05/cheriyathura-firing-panel-submits-rerport-to-cm-327062.html}}</ref> The Commission submitted a report to then chief minister [[Oommen Chandy|Oommen Chandy]] in January 2012. Following the report, the state government requested the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] to investigate the explosives found at the location.<ref>{{Cite news|title=CBI probe into source of explosive begins|work=News 18|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/cbi-probe-into-source-of-explosive-begins-461435.html}}</ref> The CBI submitted a closure report on 2013, stating they could not establish how the explosives arrived at the location and which people were behind it.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Cheriyathura: CBI files closure report|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2013/sep/01/cheriyathura-cbi-files-closure-report-512300.html}}</ref>

The judicial commission report rejected allegations that the police firing is unjustifiable and concluded that it was the police action which prevented a large scale communal riot. The Beemapally Muslim Jama-Ath Action committee rejected the judicial commission report by saying "The Ramakrishnan Commission report has not offered any justice to the victims. In fact, it has portrayed people from the Muslim community in bad light" and demanded strong action against the policemen involved.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Cheriyathura firing: Action Council rejects panel report|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2013/oct/09/cheriyathura-firing-action-council-rejects-panel-report-524719.html}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==

The plot of the 2021 film ''[[Malik (film)|Malik]]'' is supposedly based on this event. Director Mahesh Narayanan replied that the movie was "taken from surroundings but it's still a fictional place with fictional characters.".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-13|title='Malik' was the toughest film for me to write: Director Mahesh Narayanan to TNM|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malik-was-toughest-film-me-write-director-mahesh-narayanan-tnm-152255|access-date=2021-07-17|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> In film, a Muslim aligned party was shown to be the brain behind the incidents, while in reality, so called parties have no roots in the area where incidents happened.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} Many{{Who?|date=October 2022}} criticised it as a rewriting of very recent history in favour of left wing politics using the convenience of [[Artistic license|cinematic liberty]], as all the events happened during the rule of a [[Achuthanandan ministry|leftist government]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=മാലിക്: പറഞ്ഞതും പറയാത്തതും: OUT OF FOCUS: Malik Malayalam Movie Review|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cno2UXG0Bg8|access-date=2021-07-17|website=YouTube Channel of MediaOne| date=16 July 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='മാലിക്ക്' മറ്റൊരു 'മെക്സിക്കൻ അപാരത'യെന്ന് ഒമർ ലുലു, മനസിലാകാത്തവർക്കായി ഒരു പത്രക്കട്ടിങ്ങും|url=https://www.samakalikamalayalam.com/chalachithram-film/2021/jul/16/director-omar-lulu-about-malik-movie-125801.html|access-date=2021-07-17|website=Samakalika Malayalam|date=16 July 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='ചങ്ക്സ് പോലുള്ള ചിത്രം ചെയ്ത ആള്‍ക്ക് മാലിക്കിനെ വിമർശിക്കാൻ എന്ത് യോഗ്യത'; മറുപടിയുമായി ഒമർ|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2021/07/17/omar-lulu-criticises-malik-movie-social-media-debate.html|access-date=2021-07-17|website=Malayala Manorama Online}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:2009 in India]]
[[Category:Police brutality in India]]
[[Category:2000s in Kerala]]
[[Category:Thiruvananthapuram district]]
[[Category:Riots and civil disorder in Kerala]]
[[Category:May 2009 in India]]
[[Category:Police brutality in the 2000s]]

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