Karnataka’s campuses are the new hunting grounds for naxals- Report

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, April 17: An intelligence report of the state police has unearthed that the naxals are hunting campuses in Mangalore and Shimoga for the new recruits and sympathizers.

The report stated that, “Perhaps, it’s the ideology that attracts these students. An anti-establishment sentiment is being driven into the mind of these youngsters.

One of the legends in Naxal is Saketh rajan, who widened the Maoist movement in south India. He was shot dead in 2005.  "He was the only revolutionary in this country whose scholarly work was read in a university in the same state that shot him dead.

According to a report published in DNA, Naxals are using his ideologies to encourage students to join in naxal movement. “Universities like Kuvempu, Mangalore are potential training grounds for naxals,” a senior police officer said.

Director general of police Ajai Kumar Singh and his officers have been taking a holistic approach to tackle the problem within Karnataka.

“We want to win over the sympathisers of the outfit. So we decided to set up an anti-naxal force (ANF) in the most affected areas. We have scaled down the combing operations and are also interacting with the people who were feel violence is the only way out,” he said.

Shimoga, Mangalore, Udupi and Chickamagalur are the worst naxal-hit areas.
DNA