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Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
By Our Special Correspondent
The Chief Minister was replying to a debate on the demands for grants for Administration of Justice, Police, Jails and Stationery and Printing and Other Administrative Services. The Chief Minister said that the Leader of the Opposition, V. S. Achuthanandan, had represented to him the issue and members had raised it in the House. The Government was willing to entrust the inquiry to a retired district judge. (Mr. Sivadasa Menon, former Minister, was injured during a march organised by the LDF to the S.P. Office in protest against the police action against tribals in Muthanga). Mr. Antony hoped that the Opposition would end its boycott of Ministers' functions as the Government was prepared for an inquiry. The Chief Minister announced that a coastal police wing would be formed to take care of law and order on the coast. At least, 10 police stations would be brought under the scheme, which would help maintain law and order in the coastal areas of the State. Mr. Antony said the Government had given directives to the police against late filing of chargesheets in communal cases. Chargesheets relating to communal clashes that had occurred since 1982 had been pending. He said the chargesheets pertaining to the earlier incidents at Marad had now been filed. The Court had earlier returned the chargesheets as a single chargesheet was filed for 102 cases. This was done on the basis of an advice of the Law Department. He said that a special court would be set up to try the recent massacre at Marad. The investigation and prosecution would be conducted in an exemplary manner. Steps would be taken to bring back people who had fled the area. The Chief Minister's speech was interrupted by noisy interjections from the Opposition members who questioned the Government's sincerity on the matter. Mr. Antony said that communal problems were not an issue to be tackled by the police alone. All political parties, religious organisations, cultural leaders and media had a responsibility in this regard. ``We are not fulfilling that responsibility. The Government will seek the help of all to bring peace to Marad.'' He added that both minority and majority extremism were equally dangerous. Referring to the functional freedoms given to the police, the Chief Minister said the Government would take stern action if anyone was found misusing the freedom. The LDF had lost the elections because of mishandling of the State's finances and police. The police worked according to the dictates of the party then. The present Government was not going to make such a mistake.
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