The Karnataka authorities has shaped a Communal Violence Management Drive to sort out communal tensions and violence within the state’s coastal and Malnad areas and appointed Mangaluru Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy as its head.
The 248-personnel drive will function beneath Western Vary Inspector-Normal Amit Singh’s supervision till additional directives, in response to a house division assertion. The brand new drive will particularly goal communal tensions within the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, together with Shivamogga district within the Malnad area.
Director-Normal and Inspector-Normal M A Saleem has deployed 248 personnel, together with three inspectors who beforehand served with the state’s Anti-Naxal Drive, for the brand new drive, the house division mentioned.
The formation of the drive follows current murders within the state’s coastal area. Rowdy-sheeter and Hindutva activist Suhas Shetty was murdered in Mangaluru on Might 1 and eleven individuals had been arrested in reference to the crime. Shetty had 5 circumstances towards him–4 in Mangaluru metropolis and one in Dakshina Kannada district. He was the prime accused within the homicide of Mohammed Fazil, 23, in Surathkal on July 28, 2022. On Might 27 this yr, Abdul Rahiman, 32, a resident of Kolthamajalu in Bantwal taluk, was murdered whereas he was unloading sand close to a home.
The house division plans a phased enlargement of the drive with extra personnel. The members of the drive can have particular powers, uniforms, and devoted autos to reinforce their operational effectiveness.
Coaching for deployed officers will probably be carried out on the police coaching centre in Karkala, Udupi, making certain they’re adequately ready for the distinctive challenges of communal violence administration.