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‘We were not under any pressure to release list’

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday asserted that he had not come under pressure from any quarters to prepare and release the list of naxal supporters.

Speaking on the sidelines of senior police officials’ annual convention organised by the Police Department, the Chief Minister dismissed reports that the list was released under pressure from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the coalition partner in the Government.

“The list was prepared by top police officials after a study much before the Janata Dal (Secular)-BJP coalition assumed power,” he said.

He said the Government was capable of handling any kind of eventualities in the State, Mr. Kumaraswamy said: “We are ready to cooperate with progressive thinkers and activists in resolving any crisis and expect the same from them. But we cannot tolerate encouragement of violence under the garb of progressiveness.”

Earlier addressing the police officials, the Chief Minister promised sites of 30 ft by 40 ft dimension to lower rung police employees in the State. A decision in this regard would be taken in the next 10 days, he said.

He said residential layouts could be formed for policemen on the land that had been recovered from encroachers in the city. He asked top police officials to submit a proposal on the number of acres required for the purpose.

Directing the officials to strictly enforce the ban on sale of arrack from July 1, the Chief Minister promised that the Government would take up regular recruitment of policemen.

He was responding to Home Secretary Vatsala Vatsa’s statement that the department required at least 4,800 more personnel to enforce the ban on arrack. He said the Government would consider deploying retired military personnel in the department if the law permitted.

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