Mangaluru Sept 20: Karnataka Home Minister R Ramalinga Reddy on Wednesday reportedly took senior police officers to task for failing to take immediate action against Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) leader Jagadish Karanth whos provocative speech sparked tension in the region last week.
Delivering keynote address at a protest meet organised by HJV at Puttur on September 15, Karnanth not only tried to incite enmity between Hindu and Muslim communities, but also abused a Muslim Police Sub Inspector and threatened to parade him on a donkey. Though Karanth’s speech went viral on social media same day, the police did not take any action against him.
Ramalinga Reddy, who held a meeting with the senior police officers of the Western Range at the office of Mangaluru City Police Commissioner on Wednesday, reportedly asked Dakshina Kannada superintendent of police Sudhir Kumar Reddy as to why still no case was booked against Karanth.
When the SP told home minster that legal the police have sought legal opinion, the latter asked him not to wait for legal opinion to take action against those who disrupt peace in the society.
Later, responding to the queries of media persons, the minister said that an FIR would be filed against Karanth for his inflammatory speech.
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