SP-DCP-IG level officers must inspect each police station as per manual: CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, Jul 6: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that it is mandatory for every SP, DCP and IG rank officers to visit and inspect every station in their jurisdiction as per the police manual.
Speaking after inaugurating the 2024 Senior Police Officers Conference here, he said senior officials will be held responsible if gambling, betting, drugs are not stopped in their jurisdiction.
SP and IG level officials were told that this can be avoided if they regularly visit each station and carry out inspection.
"SP, IG should visit the stations from tomorrow itself. Shastra should not be finished in half an hour after visiting," he was quoted as saying in the statement issued by the CM office.
He also cautioned against spreading fake news.
"Fake news is a thorn in the society. These are increasing exponentially. We have made fact check units to prevent these. However, fake news is on the rise. This cannot be tolerated," he said.
He instructed police officials to be more spontaneous in registering complaints and taking strict action without any hesitation.
"If senior police officers discharge their duties properly, lower ranking officers will perform their duty more effectively," he said.
Highlighting the drug menace, Siddaramaiah wondered why they (police) have not been able to curb the illegal sale of drugs.
He also said that the rowdy elements should be afraid of the police.
"It is a shame that some policemen are not aware that the e-beat system is in place," he said suggesting to fix it.
The CM also congratulated Home Minister G Parameshwara and the Karnataka Police for maintaining law and order without communal riots in the state in the last one year.
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We will move court again to resist voter deletions: Mamata
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP and the Election Commission over voter deletions during the SIR exercise and said her party will move a court again to resist the removal of electors from the rolls.
Her comments came after nearly 91 lakh voters' names were deleted from the electoral rolls following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision in the state.
“You will not be able to defeat the TMC by deleting names. We will move a court again to resist the exclusion of names," Banerjee said while attacking her principal challenger BJP over the roll revision exercise.
Banerjee had in February argued in the Supreme Court as she sought an intervention in the SIR process.
The EC figures, which pushed the total deletion to over 90.83 lakh names from the original voter base of 7.66 crore in October 2025, showed that the proportion of removal of electors now remains at over 11.85 per cent.
Criticising the poll panel over the SIR process, she also said, "We will fight legally to get the names included on the list as per the Constitution. If people cannot cast their votes, what is the need to frame the tribunal? And then you are saying that the list has been frozen. What is this? We will challenge it and try to understand it."
Addressing a poll rally at Arambagh in Hooghly district, the TMC supremo accused the saffron party of trying to manipulate the electoral rolls and offering money to woo voters.
Banerjee also charged the Election Commission with intimidating people over the phone.
“It (EC) is working at the behest of the BJP. It is calling people over the telephone to threaten and intimidate them,” she claimed.
Later, while speaking at a rally in Balagarh in the same district, Banerjee warned that voting for the BJP would effectively mean "giving up fish, meat, and speaking in Bengali".
“People are not allowed to eat eggs, fish, or meat in the BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra. The same will happen here if the BJP comes to power," Banerjee claimed.
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