<p>A day after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah made stinging remarks against the police department, Home Minister K J George on Wednesday tried to defend the force as well as his party leader.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking on the sidelines of a workshop on “Violence against women,” George said the chief minister did not target the entire police department in his speech at the annual conference of senior police officers.<br /><br />“The chief minister was in fact speaking against a few corrupt officers in the police department, and not against the entire force. When he remarked that there was no co-ordination, he was referring to the specific instance in which sub-inspector Mallikarjun Bande was killed,” he said.<br /><br />Caught on the backfoot in Bande case, George said he would respond to any queries with regard to the “lack of co-ordination” only after he receives the CID report. <br /><br />“As a Home minister, I can comment on the case and the lack of co-ordination within the department officials only after the report is submitted to the government,” he said.<br /><br />On the delay in nabbing culprits in the Rector Thomas murder case, which took place nearly a year ago, George said the case was quite “sensitive,” and needed a thorough investigation. He said the police are likely to file the charge sheet within a month.<br /><br />Speaking at the one-day workshop held for the officials of Women and Child Welfare department and the Social Welfare department, the Home minister made a brief reference to corruption in the police force, terming corrupt ‘a few black sheep’ bringing bad name to the department.<br /><br />George, in his keynote address at the workshop, said the police have already got on the right foot by setting up Spandana complex with helplines for women and elders. <br /><br />The Home minister said the government has proposed to set up Spandana complex in the jurisdiction of all the seven zonal deputy commissioners of police. <br /><br />He also said that both the chief minister and himself had directed the police officers to mandatorily register cases, when they pertain to violence against women and children.<br /></p>
<p>A day after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah made stinging remarks against the police department, Home Minister K J George on Wednesday tried to defend the force as well as his party leader.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking on the sidelines of a workshop on “Violence against women,” George said the chief minister did not target the entire police department in his speech at the annual conference of senior police officers.<br /><br />“The chief minister was in fact speaking against a few corrupt officers in the police department, and not against the entire force. When he remarked that there was no co-ordination, he was referring to the specific instance in which sub-inspector Mallikarjun Bande was killed,” he said.<br /><br />Caught on the backfoot in Bande case, George said he would respond to any queries with regard to the “lack of co-ordination” only after he receives the CID report. <br /><br />“As a Home minister, I can comment on the case and the lack of co-ordination within the department officials only after the report is submitted to the government,” he said.<br /><br />On the delay in nabbing culprits in the Rector Thomas murder case, which took place nearly a year ago, George said the case was quite “sensitive,” and needed a thorough investigation. He said the police are likely to file the charge sheet within a month.<br /><br />Speaking at the one-day workshop held for the officials of Women and Child Welfare department and the Social Welfare department, the Home minister made a brief reference to corruption in the police force, terming corrupt ‘a few black sheep’ bringing bad name to the department.<br /><br />George, in his keynote address at the workshop, said the police have already got on the right foot by setting up Spandana complex with helplines for women and elders. <br /><br />The Home minister said the government has proposed to set up Spandana complex in the jurisdiction of all the seven zonal deputy commissioners of police. <br /><br />He also said that both the chief minister and himself had directed the police officers to mandatorily register cases, when they pertain to violence against women and children.<br /></p>
