Press Statement of State BJP General Secretary C .T. Ravi Apathy of State Govt towards Malenadu and Coastal districts
In Kalasa town of Madikere Taluk of Chikkamagaluru district, the Police today confiscated explosives from Azeez and his brother mechanic Afsa Ali who are local residents and arrested the duo. The explosives found in their house include 40 explosive items, 40 gelatin sticks, 2 petrol bombs and such other materials.
It is of serious concern that the Malenadu, Coastal districts and its surrounding areas are infested by terror outfits who are active here. Further, the police finding such explosives is disturbing specially during the General Election time.
The deterioration of law and order in the coastal districts is glaring and people in the region are facing hardships due to such anti-social elements.
It is the duty of the state government to ensure peace in the region . Unfortunately, anti-social elements and terror outfits are disrupting peace in society, besides, storing explosives. More disturbing is the state government’s indifference to the development. Precautionary measures by the government could have prevented the incident.
It may be recalled that a terrorist training camp of Yaseem Bhatkal was located by the police in the region. Furtner, Coastal districts are our boundary and it is now under threat by terror groups who are using it to route arms and other explosives.
The State BJP demands that the state government order an investigation into this incident, instead of, using these groups as vote- banks. The arrested mechanic will have information about those behind the terror activity, Shri Ravi pointed out.
