Cauvery protests: Security stepped up in Bengaluru, particularly in Tamil dominated areas
Bengaluru (PTI): Amid protests in several parts of Karnataka over the Cauvery water dispute between Karnataka, including Bengaluru, the city police has tightened security, especially in Tamil dominated areas.
These precautions were taken after protests erupted following the Supreme Court decision yesterday to not interfere with the order of Cauvery Water Regulation Committee according to which Karnataka must release 5,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda held meetings with his subordinates and instructed all the deputy commissioners of police in the city to be on high alert and step up security in their respective jurisdictions especially in Tamil dominated areas to avoid any untoward incident.
The police commissioner told PTI that all necessary security measures have been taken.
Soon after the Supreme Court verdict on the Cauvery issue, several organisations took to the streets in Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka to register their protest. On Friday too, protests were staged by various outfits in some areas of the city such as K R Puram.
Anticipating protests in the coming days as well, the police chief has directed all deputy commissioners of police to take necessary steps to maintain law and order.
Officers have been asked to tighten security measures in their respective jurisdictions based on intelligence reports about possible protests and violence in the coming days due to the Cauvery river water dispute. Farmer organisations and pro-Kannada group may stage protests at various places which may lead to traffic congestions and inconvenience to public at large, a senior police official said.
Officers have been instructed to ensure that no incident of stone pelting takes place on any Tamil Nadu registered buses or private vehicles, he said.
Farmer organisations and pro-Kannada outfits staged protests in Cauvery river basin districts like Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagara and Ramanagara expressing their anger and urging the state government not to release water to the neighbouring state.
Protests have also spread to other districts including Chitradurga, Ballari, Davangere, Koppal and Vijayapura.
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J&K police detains journalist for spreading ‘anti-national content’
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police detained a journalist, Hilal Mir, for allegedly spreading “anti-national content”.
Mir was detained by the police’s counter-intelligence unit and his digital devices, including a mobile phone and laptop, were seized, as reported by The Indian Express.
The police called Mir a “radical social media user” and said that he “used to disseminate extremist/distorted content with an intention to disturb peace and promote disaffection and secessionist ideology and present India in a bad shape”.
A journalist for over two decades, Mir has worked with several local and national news publications. Police accused Mir of being “actively engaged in posting and sharing content aimed at inciting sentiments among young minds and instigating secessionist sentiment by portraying Kashmiris as victims of systemic extermination.”
Police further alleged he “was found in touch with some suspected foreign-based cell numbers involved in suspicious activities, presumably taking dictation from the adversary for disturbing the peace and tranquillity in the Valley, which is a matter of investigation,” added the report.
They said his posts reflect a “veiled attempt to cultivate public resentment, which is a threat to security/sovereignty.”
As per reports, he has been sent to preventive detention till May 13 and has been lodged in Srinagar’s Central Jail.
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