Mangalore/Bangalore, January 28: The Justice B K Somashekara Commission, appointed by the state government to investigate the church attacks of 2008, has given a clean chit to the BJP, Sangha Parivar and the state government.
“There is no basis to the apprehension of petitioners that politicians, BJP, Sangha Parivar and the state government are directly or indirectly involved in the attacks”, the commission has said in its final report which was submitted to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in Bangalore on Friday.
The commission has stated that the impression and allegation that top police officers and the district administration had colluded with attackers in attacking the churches or places of worship had no merit.
However, the commission has noted that the government and district administration did not treat the Christian protesters sympathetically.
The commission in its 21 recommendations has suggested that the an exclusive police station with specially trained police officers for religious matters in each district should be constituted with special powers to function without the interference of the government.
The commission launched its investigation on October 2008 and held several sittings in Mangalore, Bangalore, Davanagere, and Udupi. It accepted a total of 1,500 petitions and 34 advocates representing various sections of society presented their cases before the commission.
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