Kabeerencounter': ANF-Sangh Parivar joint operation?

The fake encounter of a Muslim youth from Mangalore by the notorious Anti-Naxal Force personnel in Sringeri taluk of Chikmagalur district and subsequent developments have triggered suspicions of a joint operation by Sangh Parivar and ANF with the sole intention of disturbing peace in the society. It seems that the heavily armed ANF deliberately misused their weapons in a bid to accomplish the mission of Sangh Parivar.

The rubbish reasons given by the ANF to justify their crime is nothing but an apparent attempt to cover-up the cold-blooded murder of the youth, who was eking out his livelihood through the cattle business. The victim Kabeer's family members, who are legally carrying out cattle trade for many years, had recently shifted from Jokatte to Krishnapur on the outskirts of the port city. Not a single member in his family has any crime record.

According to reliable sources, Kabeer was gunned down at close range by ANF personnel, who had realized that Kabeer and four others onboard a pick-up truck were transporting cattle. They had not indulged in any illegal activity. In spite of this fact ANF opened fire on them!

There are many ambiguities in the claims of police, according to whom ANF personnel assumed that the people on board pick-up vehicle to be naxals and they were forced to open fire when they ran. The ANF personnel initially claimed that they grew suspicious when the driver failed to pay heed to their direction to stop the vehicle near the check-post. Both claims are contradictory. It is impossible to believe people alighting from a moving vehicle and trying to escape by running!

There are several questions which the police need to answer about this so called encounter: Was there any necessity to open fires at a person, who had no guns in his hands? Why did they shoot him in his chest at close range? Was it not an apparent attempt to murder him instead of capturing? Why did the police allow Sangh Parivar miscreants to attack on the family members of the victim, who had come to Sringeri to claim the dead body? The local residents and family members of the victim are accusing that the ANF personnel have committed thismurder' as per the directions of Sangh Parivar. Some are also accusing that the Sangh Parivar elements within ANF committed this crime. Don't you think that there must be some truth in these allegations?

This is not the first time ANF unleashing its brutality against innocent citizens in Western Range. We have seen similar fake encounter cases at Menasinahadya in Koppa taluk, Cheru reserve forest area near Subrahmanya and Manjalakadu forest area near Belthangady in recent years. Unfortunately, neither these incidents were considered seriously by the government, nor ANF faced any high level probe for their unpardonable blunders.

The fresh fake encounter once again proved the brutality and bloodthirstiness of the heavily armed ANF. Not only ANF, but also the entire police department and the state government of Karnataka are morally responsible for this coldblooded murder. One thing the government must not forget: Kabeer's death was the death of trust and patience of the peace-loving people of the state.

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