Control room set up in DG’s office

September 14, 2016 12:00 am | Updated November 01, 2016 06:22 pm IST - Bengaluru:

The Karnataka government has set up a control room in the office of the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police here to help Kannadigas stranded in Tamil Nadu as well as Tamilians who need help in Bengaluru.

Announcing this at a press conference here on Tuesday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the DG&IG’s office would initiate measures to bring back Kannadigas stranded in Tamil Nadu if needed.

Already, 300 vehicles of Tamil-speaking people had been escorted from Bengaluru to Tamil Nadu by the Karnataka police, he said.

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