Mangalore, June 28: The police department is well-equipped in handling all sorts of crimes in Karnataka including communal violence said Lalrokhuma Pachau, Director General of Police, Karnataka state.
Mr.Pachau was interacting with media persons at a press meet held at the Police Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Thursday.
The police department has separate dedicated wings such as the special branches, intelligences branches, law and order etc which makes its approach a compact one in handling crimes, Mr. Pachau said.
Stating that eight taluks in Dakshina Kannada have been affected by naxal activities, Mr.Pachau said that with the ANF, the police is well equipped with weapons and other necessities to tackle the menace.
Speaking on the occasion A M Prasad, Addl DGP (crime), said that in the last 10 years the police department in the region had grown like anything. “Following the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the coastal police line has been strengthened. We have a dedicated Anti-Terror squad. The new Commissionerate model in Karnataka has been very successful and other states are now emulating the CoP system of Karnataka”, he said.
Responding to a query on surrender of naxals, Pratap Reddy, IGP (Western Range) said that only when the police feel confident enough, do they reveal the Naxal surrenders to the media. “The attempts to get them to surrender are always going on but only when we feel confident that the surrender process would be successful do we reveal it to the media”, he said.
On a query about keeping an eye on the habited and inhabited islands in the region, Mr. Reddy said that the police department keeps coordinating with the Coast Guards Department and is keeping an eye.
Seemanth Kumar Singh, Commissioner of Police, Mangalore, and Abhishek Goel, SP, DK, were also present.
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