Involvement of migrant labourers in crimes: K'taka Home Minister to discuss with Labour dept
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said he would hold a combined meeting of Home and Labour departments along with Labour Minister Santosh Lad on measures that can be taken regarding the increasing number of crimes involving migrant labourers from other states.
He said workforce coming to Karnataka from other states cannot be stopped, but there is a definite need to take note of criminal activities involving them and take measures against it.
The Home Minister's statement came in the wake of alleged kidnapping and murder of a five-year-old girl in Hubballi by a 35-year-old Ritesh Kumar, who hails from Bihar's Patna, who was killed in a police firing on Sunday.
"Labourers are coming from different parts of the country as Bengaluru is a fast developing city and also across Karnataka. In many cases we see they are involved in criminal activities. We definitely need to take note of this," Parameshwara said in response to a question that people coming from other parts of the country are more involved in such crimes.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "I would discuss with the Labour Minister and officers concerned, and see what we can do. We cannot stop the labour force coming from different states, but we can take some measures. I will discuss it with the Labour Minister. We will have a combined meeting (of the home and labour departments) on measures that can be taken."
Calling the kidnapping and killing of a five-year-old girl in Hubballi on Sunday by a man from Bihar as a "ghastly incident", the Home Minister said the police had secured the accused with in no time, and when he was taken to a place where he lived to gather evidence, he attacked the police all of a sudden, and to safeguard themselves naturally police fired on him and he died on the way to hospital.
"I have ordered for an investigation by a senior official for the facts to come out. Let the report come," he said.
Regarding the arrest of a suspect in connection with the molestation of a woman at Suddaguntepalya here earlier this month, Parameshwara said he has been secured in Kerala, and is being brought to Bengaluru, and further investigations will follow.
After a weeklong manhunt, the city police on Sunday said, they have tracked down a 29-year-old man named Santosh D, a resident from Gulbarga Colony near Tilaknagar, who allegedly molested a college student walking on the streets of Suddaguntepalya on April 3, from Kerala's Kozhikode.
According to police, the suspect worked as a driver at an automobile showroom near Brookefield.
The incident occurred on April 3 at 1.55 AM and the CCTV footage of the alleged incident had gone viral.
When two women were walking on the street, a man, whose face was not visible, groped one of them and tried to harass her. He immediately fled the scene when the women screamed for help.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah calls Pahalgam attack 'intelligence failure'
Bengaluru, Apr 23 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the Pahalgam terror attack was a "planned one" and claimed that it happened due to the Central government's "intelligence failure".
He also said he had asked the team of officials dispatched to Jammu and Kashmir to hire a special plane to bring back tourists from Karnataka stranded there.
"I feel this attack was a planned one. Whoever has done it, I condemn it. Terror attacks should not happen. Whichever caste or religion they are from, it is still the taking of a life. This is a major terror attack, which the Karnataka government strongly condemns," Siddaramaiah told reporters here.
“I feel there is an intelligence failure of the Centre. In the past also the Pulwama terror attack had happened,” he claimed.
He said he would not agree to any compromise on security and safety, and stressed that terrorists should be neutralised.
He reiterated his strong condemnation of the Pahalgam attack, in which two tourists from Karnataka were among those killed.
"Already, I have sent a team of officials to Kashmir, including Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad. I have instructed them to hire a plane and bring the tourists safely back to the state. I had also asked them to bring the bodies of the two slain tourists in the same plane, but the Government of India has made arrangements to dispatch the bodies to the respective states," Siddaramaiah said.
The terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam on Tuesday claimed the lives of 26 people, largely tourists.
ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರ ಮೇಲೆ ನಡೆದಿರುವ ಉಗ್ರರ ದಾಳಿಯನ್ನು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿ ಖಂಡಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರಲ್ಲಿ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್ ರಾವ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಭರತ್ ಭೂಷಣ್ ಎಂಬುವರು ಮೃತಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಇನ್ನಿತರ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ತಂಡವನ್ನು ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರಕ್ಕೆ ರವಾನಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೇ, ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಳಿರುವ… pic.twitter.com/KuRmMStw9X
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 23, 2025
