Kerala a recruitment hub for IS militants: Nadda
The Hindu
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BJP national president J.P. Nadda has alleged that Kerala is now known for its terrorist operation modules, including recruitment centres for Islamic State (IS) militants, and gold smuggling rather than development initiatives. Inaugurating the newly constructed BJP district committee Office in Kozhikode through videoconferencing on Tuesday, he said that it was a shame that the Chief Minister’s Office itself was complicit in gold smuggling. “The law and order situation in Kerala is deteriorating. Violence against women is on the rise. The police are mute spectators. They are acting only out of political considerations,” Mr. Nadda said.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.