Kasargod, May 12: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Ramesh Chennithala has asked the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) to take necessary steps to check the activities of miscreants in the guise of so called 'moral policing' so as to prevent recurring communal violence in certain parts of the State.
The KPCC views with all seriousness the danger posed by those indulging in so-called “moral policing” and increasing intervention of hired gangsters, said Mr. Chennithala, who is on 'Sneha Sandesha Yatra', a five-day march to create awareness of the need to maintain communal harmony in the wake of recent incidents triggering tension in the district.
Communal tension instigated by both the majority and minority communities posed danger and promoting such designs would pave the way to weaken values in secular society. All secular forces should stand united to ward off threats posed by vested interests, he said at a press conference before commencing his march from Uppala to Kasaragod.
On the stand-off between Kerala Congress (B) leaders R. Balakrishna Pillai and K.B. Ganesh Kumar, the KPCC chief said the Congress was prepared to hold fresh talks with the leaders to resolve their differences.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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