Mangalore, June 15: The anti-communal unit recently proposed by the Karnataka Home Minister to prevent moral policing in Mangalore has become operational, Police Commissioner Kuldeep Kumar Jain said on Thursday. The special wing started operations on June 13 when an official order was issued by the commissioner.
The department monitors the cases related to communal riots in the last 10 years on a daily basis. Jain said in Mangalore that the movement and behavior of the accused and suspects will be monitored.
“The police will monitor the ongoing proceedings in the court and an orderly intelligence department has been formed to prevent any such communal incidents in the future,” he said.
The commissioner said that a working team (reserve) has been deployed for the anti-communal forces. At present, the department has one police inspector and five staff. We will expand it later’.
Who will be part of the anti-communal wing?
The department is headed by a City Special Branch (CSB) Police Inspector. A team of five police personnel from CSB will assist them.
It is supervised by the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of the Mangalore Police Central Crime Branch (CCB) and reports directly to the Commissioner of Police.
Mangalore Police Commissioner Jain said that the team will be active in the backend both in the office and in the field.
What are the main objectives?
As per the orders of the Commissioner of Police, this department deals with the problem of ethical policing in the city. The department will look into previously reported cases of murder, attempt to murder, moral policing, hate speech, cattle theft, illegal cattle smuggling and cattle killing, which affect the communal harmony of the city and monitor the daily movements of the accused.
The department will be responsible for monitoring and collecting information on the activities of organizations working with communal motives, the order said. Commissioner Jain said that the officials of the anti-communal department will also monitor the social media.
What did the Home Minister say?
On June 6, Home Minister Dr G Parameshwar announced the setting up of an anti-communal unit in Mangalore.
Home Minister G Parameshwar, who spoke to reporters after holding a meeting with the police officers of the western zone, said, ‘In the coming days, the Commissioner will appoint necessary officers and establish an anti-communal unit. “Ethical police will take all kinds of measures to stop Giri,” he said.
The division will be established first in Mangalore Commissionerate and if required in other parts of the state. “We chose to set it up here because of the regular instances of moral policing,” he said.
On June 1, a case of moral policing was reported in Ullala, Mangalore, where three youths from Kerala were attacked by a group of locals while they were with their Hindu friend. Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
