BengaluruCould 29, 2025 16:17 IST
First printed on: Could 29, 2025 at 14:36 IST
The Karnataka authorities Wednesday ordered the formation of a Particular Motion Drive (SAF) to deal with communal crimes within the Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Shivamogga districts. It would have three corporations, one every for 3 communally delicate districts of the state, as per the order issued by the house division.
The SAF can have 248 personnel and can be headed by a deputy inspector basic (DIG)-level IPS officer. Monitoring hate speech and provocative incidents and gathering intelligence on occasions that would result in communal tensions are among the many key targets of the particular unit, which can even look into the potential radicalisation of youth.
The 248 posts for SAF are being carved out from the Anti-Naxal Drive (ANF), whose energy of 656 personnel will now be lowered to 376. The federal government has determined to cut back ANF numbers because the final identified Naxals within the area surrendered lately.
The SAF is being fashioned following a resurgence in murders which have triggered communal tensions within the area. Over the previous month, three murders have rocked the area. The primary was of migrant labourer Ashraf, who was lynched in Mangaluru. Days later, rowdysheeter Suhas Shetty was hacked to demise, prompting the police to impose prohibitory orders within the Dakshina Kannada district.
On Tuesday, one Abdul Rahim was hacked to demise close to Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district, main to a different spherical of prohibitory orders within the district.
Talking to reporters Thursday, Residence Minister G Parameshwara stated the federal government had introduced the formation of SAF quickly after the primary two murders. Following discussions on easy methods to construction the SAF, it was famous that the main target was on three districts to stop future communal tensions.
“When an individual of 1 group is killed, one other individual of one other group is murdered. If such a sense of vengeance continues, how can folks reside peacefully? We is not going to cease till it’s curbed,” he stated.
Other than authorized motion towards the culprits, peace conferences are additionally being held within the presence of group leaders to handle the problem. Dakshina Kannada, he stated, is a district with many good folks and high-quality training. “It has nice potential to develop. For this, now we have to deal with stopping this,” the minister stated.
On the latest killing, he stated that the federal government has taken it significantly. “We’ll take motion towards everybody concerned, and nobody can be spared,” he stated, calling for restraint from native elected representatives when speaking about such incidents.