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To fortify instrumentality and bid and curb communal clashes, the State authorities has deployed a Special Action Force (SAF) successful Mandya district, Home Minister G. Parameshwara announced connected Friday.
The determination follows quality inputs and the State’s efforts to forestall communal disturbances, akin to those antecedently witnessed successful the coastal belt.
Dr. Parameshwara said the SAF had proved effectual successful Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Shivamogga districts, wherever much than 300 unit received specialised training. “Based connected tract reports, we person extended the SAF to Mandya arsenic well,” helium said.
Highlighting reforms introduced by the government, Dr. Parameshwara said Karnataka ranked archetypal successful the state successful delivering justice, scoring 6.78 retired of 10 successful the India Justice Report survey.
Close coordination betwixt the constabulary and the judiciary, particularly successful addressing cases involving marginalised communities, had contributed to the apical ranking, helium said.
The State besides became the archetypal successful India to found 33 exclusive Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement constabulary stations for handling cases nether the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act.
“The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) present houses a Deposits Fraud Unit and a Criminal Intelligence Unit, portion a abstracted CID subdivision has been created successful Belthangady,” helium noted.
The Minister elaborate improvements successful exigency response, noting that the 112 helpline received 24,000 calls regular and constabulary respond to astir 1,400 of them. Bengaluru’s mean effect clip had been brought down to 6.59 minutes. Community policing initiatives specified arsenic ‘Mane Manege Police’ had reached 95% coverage, helping trim fearfulness of uniformed personnel.
He noted that astir 9,000 AI-enabled cameras had been installed astatine large junctions successful Bengaluru, adding to the 7 lakh surveillance cameras already successful place.
“The Forensic Science Laboratory has been modernised, speeding up study transportation to 2 months,” Dr. Parameshwara noted.
According to the Minister, cybercrime power has been strengthened with the assignment of an exclusive DGP, the archetypal specified station successful the country, on with cybercrime constabulary stations successful each districts. The 1930 helpline present operated 24/7 with 66 officials.
“In 2022, 12,550 cybercrime cases were registered. After abstracted cybercrime constabulary stations were established, 21,903 cases were registered successful 2023 and 21,995 cases successful 2024. In 2025, 13,000 cases person been reported truthful far,” helium said.
On situation reforms, Dr. Parameshwara said an IPS serviceman had been appointed Superintendent of the Central Prison astatine Parappana Agrahara here, and a centralised bid centre would soon show each State prisons. He besides warned of strict disciplinary enactment against corrupt constabulary officers.
