THE director of the Independent Complaints Directorate, Neville Melville, said on Friday certain individuals and organisations are creating a mischievous perception that the ICD is conducting a witchhunt against police officials. Melville said some of the misinformation being spread appears to be politically motivated. There are also people within the ranks of the police who are disinterested in transformation, he said. The ICD recently came under criticism from South Africans for probing charges against policemen who were filmed by a foreign news crew while allegedly assaulting suspects. Such attitudes hamper the ICD’s work, Melville said.