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`STF deployment will aid local police'

By Our Staff Correspondent

MANGALORE, JAN. 8. While the final decision to deploy the Special Task Force (STF) for the anti-naxalite operation in the Kudremukh National Park area will be taken by the Government, the presence of the task force will help the local police to concentrate on their routine duties.

The department has already submitted a proposal to the Government in this regard, the Additional Director-General of Police (Law and Order), Subash Bharani, has said.

Speaking to The Hindu here on Saturday, Mr. Bharani, while declining to comment on the nature of the proposal on the ground that it will be improper for him to divulge the contents of the report when the Government is yet to take a decision on it, said the local police are overburdened.

"The presence of the STF, which will concentrate solely on anti-naxalite operations, will definitely be of assistance to them," he said.

Human rights violation

Denying reports that the deployment of the STF will lead to violation of human rights in the national park area, he asked: "How do you know it will be the same STF that will be in action here?"

The department has taken a serious note of the violation of human rights. "The rate of suspension and dismissal for such offences is the highest in our department," he added.

Terming such violations during the hunt for the brigand, Veerappan, as aberrations, he opined that the naxalite movement is a law and order as well as a social issue.

"It is a tussle between people who believe in violence and the Constitution, which does not permit violence. While the Government is not blind to the socio-economic issues involved, it is also imperative for it to respond to the needs of people," he said.

On the delay in providing financial assistance to the family affected by the Eedu encounter in 2003, Mr. Bharani said it is also the duty of the elected representatives to espouse the cause.

Noting that elected representatives are "people's servants," he said they should help the bureaucrats, who are "government servants" in implementing such assurances.

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