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Karnataka
By Our Staff Correspondent
The President of the State unit of PDF, Nagari Babaiah, who is also member of the central committee of the All-India League for Revolutionary Centre (AILRC), told presspersons here that he was ready to undertake the mission to the forests to meet Veerappan provided the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments provided him guarantee that he would not be harassed after Mr. Nagappa's release.
`TN Govt. autocratic'
Terming the Jayalalithaa Government as "autocratic," Mr. Babaiah recalled the offer made by the Tamil Nadu-based human rights activist, Sukumaran, to negotiate with Veerappan for the release of Mr. Nagappa. The Tamil Nadu Government refused to give any assurance and said that those who met Veerappan would be questioned. Accusing the Karnataka Government of double standards, Mr. Babaiah said that while the State Government was "super active" to get the release of the film star, Rajkumar, from Veerappan, it was not exhibiting the same zeal to get Mr. Nagappa freed.
Nedumaran criticised
Mr. Babaiah criticised the arrest of the Tamil Nationalist Movement leader, P. Nedumaran, who negotiated with Veerappan and ensured the release of Mr. Rajkumar. He said actions such as these would deter people from taking up similar tasks. He said the State police were well trained to deal with subversive elements and questioned the need to allow police of neighbouring States to deal with such elements.
`Fake encounter'
Citing the recent gunning down of Imam Ali and his four associates by the Tamil Nadu police in Bangalore, he said this was a pointer to the fact that the State police had lost their existence, he said. Although the State police were aware of the presence of Imam Ali and his associates in Bangalore, they did not nab them and "waited for the Tamil Nadu police to eliminate them in a fake encounter," he charged. He said the police did not make any attempt to catch Imam Ali alive and "destroyed evidence by killing the militants." "If Imam Ali was a terrorist, he and his associates should have been dealt with as per the law of land, and the police should not take up the role of dispensing justice," he said. Referring to custodial deaths in the State, Mr. Babaiah alleged that human rights violations and custodial deaths were rising after the Congress assumed office. So far 19 people had died in police custody, he said. He said that atrocities on dalits which started at Kambalapalli was continuing. The former minister, S.K.Kanta, and the District President of AILRC, Prabhakar Patil, were present.
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