Mangalore: C T Ravi lambasts Congress over kidnap and blackmail case
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (MD)
Mangalore, Jan 1: Former state minister and BJP leader C T Ravi on Wednesday January 1 said that Congress government has failed to take appropriate measures to prevent crimes in the city and that criminals were being 'protected' by the government.
Addressing a press meet during his visit to the city, C T Ravi said, "On December 18 two students were kidnapped and blackmailed by a group (at Deralakatte), but still the government seems helpless, because of which Mangaloreans are scared. Rape, blue film, kidnapping and all such things are supposed to stop. Those two students who were kidnapped have not yet been subjected to medical examination. We want to know reason for this.
"Police are neglecting these things because of some reason, which we are trying to find out. Those criminals (who kidnapped the students) were well trained and knew how to kidnap. From the past few years more than 3,000 females have gone missing and we believe there is a big connection with the Deralakatte incident and the missing cases," he said.
"Blackmailing, drug mafia, kidnapping for prostitution, and love jihad were all part of the Deralakatte incident. But the Congress government is not taking any responsibility despite knowing all this. When Padil home stay incident took place, our BJP government was in power and Congress people had pointed fingers at us. But what are they doing now?"
"District incharge minister Ramanath Rai had said that moral policing would not be tolerated, so why is the Congress government protecting those criminals?"
"I request our home minister, district incharge minister and the government to take stringent steps immediately to prevent such crimes in future. Serious action must be take against the accused. If the Congress government does not take action, the BJP will step into the streets to protest. FIR must be filed against the accused at the earliest," he said.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Capt Ganesh Karnik and others were present.