Home Minister G. Parameshwara today said that the reason for the suicide of Deputy Superintendent of Police from Chikkamagaluru, Kallappa Handibag, is not yet known.
Addressing a press conference here, he said that the CID is doing the inquiry and will investigate why the DySp had taken the ransom money and who was involved. He said the suicide was unfortunate. Two teams headed by CID ADGP Pratap Reddy and DIG Sonia Narang had visited Chikkamagaluru and Belagavi respectively. Nobody would be spared, be it politicians or officers, if found involved in the case.
Mari Gowda’s case
He said former Mysuru Zilla Panchayat president Mari Gowda was not in Mysuru and the police were searching for him. Action would be taken against him.
Kalburgi murder case
Dr. Parameshwara said a CID special team was in constant touch with Maharashtra and Goa police and also with the CBI in connection with the probe into the murder of Kannada scholar M.M. Kalburgi. He said the three bullets which killed Kalburgi and activists Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar were of the same make. The bullets have been sent to Scotland Yard for further investigation. The police were searching for a suspect, Rudra Gowda Patil.
Foreign students
Dr. Parameshwara said that the foreign students who are staying illegally in the state, including Bengaluru, even after the expiry of their student visa will be deported to their respective countries.
He said that around 200 such foreign students, who were staying illegally in Bengaluru, have been already deported from India. As many as 1,156 foreign students are illegally staying in Bengaluru even after the expiry of visa.
The cases of foreign students misbehaving in the public will be dealt with carefully and action will be taken against them in according to the law. The Foreign Affairs Ministry and their respective embassies will be informed about such incidents, he said.
Image makeover
Police department's image building exercise will start shortly and will be on the lines of what is done in Germany, Dr. Parameshwara said.
In Germany, the image building exercise was taken up for after the Second World War Police personnel go to school and interact with children. “Hence, there now is no fear about the police among the citizens there,” he said.
He added that he had directed all the Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and other police officers to visit schools once a month and interact with the children.
Women in police department
Dr. Parameshwara said that during the recruitment process, 20 per cent of the vacant posts will be filled by women.
He said protection of women and children was the priority of the state government and added that police personnel have been sensitised in this regard at a meeting in Bengaluru recently.
