Mangaluru, May 26: The state government has reportedly withheld the appointment of senior IPS officer N Satheesh Kumar to the post of commissioner of Mangaluru city police, in the wake of opposition raised by a section of elected representatives and activists.
The government on Thursday had transferred Mr Kumar, who was serving as Deputy Inspector General of Police and Director (Personnel & Environment), KSRTC, Bengaluru, to Mangaluru, while transferring Mangaluru city police chief M Chandra Sekhar to Bengaluru as IGP of Criminal Investigation Department and Economic Offences.
According to reports, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader and a Christian legislator from the coastal city had expressed concern over bringing back Mr Kumar to Mangaluru as during his tenure SP of Dakshina Kannada in the past, the district police had faced the allegation of atrocity against ‘innocent’ Christian youth.
In 2008 several churches and prayers halls of Christians were attacked by Hindutva extremist organizations such as Bajrang Dal and the Sri Ram Sena. The incident had brought disgrace to the city of Mangaluru and the national media had portrayed it as failure of police department in maintaining law and order. Besides, Christian groups had accused the police of detaining innocent worshippers from the Church and slapping false cases against them in the aftermath of attack.
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