Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Jul 7: State home minister V S Acharya, while observing that terrorist outfits are more and more targetting schools, colleges and hospitals, asked the judiciary, executive and the police to play a more proactive role in combating terrorism.

In his inaugural address at the UGC sponsored seminar on 'modern terrorism, efficiency and criminal justice system and role of civil society' at Barkur recently, he asked the people to be aware of the fact that the terrorists aim at creating anarchy in the society.

The withdrawal of the Prevention Of Terrorism Act-2002 because of the pressure exerted by some human rights activists and the sympathy shown by these groups towards terrorists has resulted in a setback to the efforts in containing terrorism in the country, he argued.

Udupi district and sessions judge K N Phanindra expressed the view that lack of strong legislation to deal with terrorism has been helping it to mushroom uncontrollably. He strongly advocated the need to teach human values and respecting of fellow human beings from a very young age. Schools and colleges should have moral education in their curriculum for enabling a child to imbibe good conduct and life values at a very early age, he argued.

Inspector General of Police, Western Range A M Prasad said, the terrorist outfits usually hire young children aged between 15 to 18 years and use them for their operations..

The seminar was organized by SRSM National Government First Grade College Barkur, department of collegiate education and Udupi district Legal Services Authority jointly.