The attitude and style of functioning of police personnel continue to draw flak from general public and thus the state government has decided to act for speedy redressal of public complaints against police officials.
The state cabinet on Thursday decided to set up the Karnataka State Police Complaints Redressal Authority, to be headed by the chief secretary at state level and Regional commissioner at district level.
“People can lodge complaints against police officials of any rank for their alleged misbehaviour, dereliction of duty, rape or any other misconduct against the citizens for speedy action,” higher education minister VS Acharya said, briefing the media on cabinet decisions.
The authority is being set up in accordance with the Supreme Court directive on police reforms.
The cabinet also approved the proposal of Rajashree Cements for acquisition of 24 acres of land in Gulbarga district for setting up a cement plant.
A decision was also taken to extend the one-time settlement scheme of waiving the penalty and simple interest for small-scale entrepreneurs who have loan dues of more than Rs10 lakh with Karnataka State Finance Corporation from 2007. The scheme that had ended has now been extended up to March 31, 2012, Acharya said.
Land for commando training centre
The state cabinet deferred the decision on allocating 408 acres of land in Khanapur taluk of Belgaum district to set up an anti-terrorism training centre, which will be run by the Union government and will benefit the state commando force too in higher training.
The government had earlier expressed its readiness to grant the land. But later it was realised that it is located in the Mahadayi irrigation project zone.
“So we have now decided to provide an alternative land for the purpose,” Acharya said.
State security commission soon
The long-felt need for a state security commission for professional assessment of the security scenario and taking speedy decisions to meet the security challenges will soon be a reality as the state cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal in this regard.
The chief minister will be the head of the commission, which will also have the home minister, the leaders of both houses of legislature and a high court judge to be selected by the chief justice of the Karnataka high court and members from civil society.
The proposed state security commission will consist of renowned security experts too.
As a part of its job, the security commission will hold periodic meetings to assess the security scenario in the state, come up with effective suggestions to neutralise the threats and gear up the security machinery to meet any challenges that may arise.
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