‘Act sternly against those spreading hate’
The Hindu
Activists urge State Government to direct police to file FIRs immediately
Calling upon State Government to ensure that there is no parallel administration, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties-Karnataka has said that the State Government should take stern action against members of all Hindutva organisations that are engaged in communal violence.
The PUCL-K has said this in the fact-finding report, titled ‘Communal Policing To Hate Crimes: The Attack On Ambedkar’s Dream of Fraternity’ on the incidents of moral policing, hate speeches, and other communal incidents reported in Mangaluru and other parts of Dakshina Kannada between January and September this year.
This report, released here on Saturday, has been done in association with the All-India Lawyers’ Association for Justice (AILAJ), the All-India People’s Forum (AIPF), and Gaurilankeshnews.com.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.