Mangalore, July 3: The district unit of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) has urged the central government to declare the undivided Dakshina Kannada district as a communally sensitive region besides implementing the Prime Minister's 15 point programme that deals with action against perpetrators of communal crimes.
Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Tuesday, Suresh Bhat Bakrabail, President, KKSV, DK, said that incidents of disturbing peace in the region have been taking place on a regular basis in the district of late. The attack on Holy Hill prayer hall, attacks involving cow transportation issue at Jeppu, Kalladka and Kottara testify this, Mr. Bakrabail said.
Stating that 'Sanathan Sanstha', an organisation under the radar of National Investigation Agency (NIA), had organised a lecture on 'Hindu Rashtra' in one of the prestigious colleges of the city, besides distributing provocative literature and 'Hindu Rashtra' calenders, Mr. Bakrabail said that police and district administration are watching the proceedings as mere spectators.
Cases have been registered against the likes of Dr. Binayak Sen, K K Shahina, Soni Sori, Seema Azad besides other human rights activists and journalists but no action is being taken against communal forces who want to build a 'Hindu Rashtra', Mr. Bakrabail said.
K L Ashok, State Chief Secretary, KKSV, alleged that incidents of communal violence have been on the rise of late as BJP government is trying to divert people's attention away from its corruption and create a Hindu vote bank.
The central government must implement the 13th and 14th points of the Prime Minister's 15 point programme to tackle communal crimes immediately, he demanded. The points provide that impartial police officers must be appointed in communally sensitive areas. Controlling communal disharmony is one of the prime duties of the district SP. The points also provide that strict action be taken against perpetrators of communal violence and special courts be set up to handle such cases, Mr. Ashok said.
KKSV members P B D'Sa, Victor D'Silva, Mohammed Kakkinje, Kabir Ullal and others were present.
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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