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Karnataka
By Our Special Correspondent
Addressing presspersons here today, Mr. Yediyurappa accused the Government of having misled the house on the efforts to seek the release of the former minister, H. Nagappa, who has been kidnapped by the forest brigand, Veerappan. He would consult the other Opposition parties and table a motion of breach of privilege against the Government, he added. Mr. Yediyurappa said the Government had committed a major mistake by withdrawing the protection given to the former Director General and Inspector General of Police, C. Dinakar, who is the author of the controversial book, Veerappan's Prize Catch: Rajkumar. He warned that the Government would be responsible if anything untoward happened to Mr. Dinakar. The security cover was withdrawn 24 hours after it was given, he added. He congratulated Mr. Dinakar for his courage in bringing out the book.
Srinivasulu criticised
Mr. Yediyurappa said the Security Adviser to the State Government, T. Srinivasulu's admission that the Special Task Force had failed to take up operations against Veerappan effectively had dangerous implications. He urged H.T. Sangliana, the former Commissioner of Police, Bangalore, to make public the revelations of Karim Lala, the "kingpin" in the multi-crore stamp paper racket. He had information that Lala had given Mr. Sangliana the names of politicians and police officers who had helped him, and that was why he was transferred. "Let Mr. Sangliana not wait for his retirement, like Mr. Dinakar, for writing a book. Let him come with revelations now in the public interest," Mr. Yediyurappa said. He alleged that the chief ministers of Maharashtra and Karnataka were responsible for the lack of progress in the investigation of Lala's case. While the Maharashtra Government issued an order seeking the withdrawal of the charges against the wife, nephew, and another relative of Lala in Pune, the Karnataka Government transferred all cases against him to the Madivala Police Station, where a case against him had been registered. He wondered what prevented the Commissionerate of Police, Hubli Dharwad, from investigating the case of the seizure of currency notes from Lala's close relatives. Mr. Yediyurappa said he had been receiving the threatening telephone calls ever since he came out with details on the Karim Lala case. He took exception to the orders not to allow Bajrang Dal leader, Pramod Mutalik, to enter Hubli for about a month, and demanded that it be withdrawn immediately. Talking about Hinduism was no crime, he said, and added that the Government, which had failed to take action against those who raised slogans in support of Bin Laden, took action against Mr. Mutalik for making a statement. The situation would aggravate if the order passed against Mr. Mutalik was not withdrawn immediately, he warned. Mr. Yediyurappa alleged that the Government was more interested in protecting Veerappan's interests than apprehending him. He expressed surprise at the absence of any reaction from the intellectuals in the State to the "disclosures" in Mr. Dinakar's book. That might be because the people had lost faith in political parties, he said. He added that the BJP had launched a campaign to restore the credibility of political parties.
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