Police recruitment in DK, Mangaluru to be in Bengaluru way: ADGP Kamal Pant
Shiroor Seer death case: Action based on the final report
Mangaluru, August 30: The police personnel in Mangaluru City and DK district will be recruited like that in Bengaluru, said ADGP Kamal Pant.
He addressed the media persons in the city police commissioner's office after visiting Mangaluru today.
Discussions have been taken place regarding the recruitment of police personnel to various police stations in the state. The pressure of work in DK and Mangaluru ranges is high. We are planning to recruit the police personnel based on the report submitted by the Dharamveer Committee here.
# Shiroor Seer death case: Action based on the final report
Regarding the death of Shiroor Mutt Seer, action will be taken based on the final report. The police department will take appropriate action against the culprits, stated the ADGP.
KMC Hospital doctors in Manipal have done the postmortem examination of the Swamiji's dead body. Forensic experts have given the FLL Report. The forensic experts have been asked to provide a final report after studying these two reports. The police have also sought information that on which criteria the KMC has reported that Swamiji's death occurred due to food poisoning. The three-round questionnaire was held regarding this. Among which, the KMC has responded only to the first round of questions. All the information, including the explanation given by KMC, will be codified; Kamal Pant explained
# Action for drug control
The police department has come forward to control the drugs menace in the district. This will be discussed at today’s police officers’ meet. The action would be taken against those involved in the drug mafia, he said.
# Jodupala tragedy: Laurels for DK District Administration, police functionaries
ADGP Kamal Pant expressed appreciation for the role of the district administration and police department for their role in the rescue operations during the natural disaster that occurred at Jodupala in Madikeri taluk recently.
District administration, district police superintendent, and police personnel have come forward for the rescue of the flood victims and provided all necessary facilities at the flood-hit Jodupala in the district. Their services have been considered by the department and would be awarded, He said.
Mangaluru Police Commissioner TR Suresh, DK SP Ravikanthe Gowda, Udupi SP Laxman Nimbargi, DCP Uma Prashant and others were present.
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Supreme Court rejects plea for reverting to ballots in elections
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking to revert to ballot paper voting in elections in the country.
"What happens is, when you win the election, EVMs (electronic voting machine) are not tampered. When you lose the election, EVMs are tampered (with)," remarked a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and P B Varale.
Apart from ballot paper voting, the plea sought several directions including a directive to the Election Commission to disqualify candidates for a minimum of five years if found guilty of distributing money, liquor or other material inducement to the voters during polls.
When petitioner-in-person K A Paul said he filed the PIL, the bench said, "You have interesting PILs. How do you get these brilliant ideas?".
The petitioner said he is the president of an organisation which has rescued over three lakh orphans and 40 lakh widows.
"Why are you getting into this political arena? Your area of work is very different," the bench retorted.
After Paul revealed he had been to over 150 countries, the bench asked him whether each of the nations had ballot paper voting or used electronic voting.
The petitioner said foreign countries had adopted ballot paper voting and India should follow suit.
"Why you don't want to be different from the rest of the world?" asked the bench.
There was corruption and this year (2024) in June, the Election Commission announced they had seized Rs 9,000 crore, Paul responded.
"But how does that make your relief which you are claiming here relevant?" asked the bench, adding "if you shift back to physical ballot, will there be no corruption?".
Paul claimed CEO and co-founder of Tesla, Elon Musk, stated that EVMs could be tampered with and added TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, the current chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, and former state chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had claimed EVMs could be tampered with.
"When Chandrababu Naidu lost, he said EVMs can be tampered with. Now this time, Jagan Mohan Reddy lost, he said EVMs can be tampered with," noted the bench.
When the petitioner said everybody knew money was distributed in elections, the bench remarked, "We never received any money for any elections."
The petitioner said another prayer in his plea was the formulation of a comprehensive framework to regulate the use of money and liquor during election campaigns and ensuring such practices were prohibited and punishable under the law.
The plea further sought a direction to mandate an extensive voter education campaign to raise awareness and importance of informed decision making.
"Today, 32 per cent educated people are not casting their votes. What a tragedy. If democracy will be dying like this and we will not be able to do anything then what will happen in the years to come in future," the petitioner said.
