Bellary, May 19: Samaj Parivartana Samudaya founder-president S R Hiremath has demanded action against the senior officer including Mangalore City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh for their alleged role in illegal mining carried out by Reddy brothers in Bellary.
Speaking to media persons in Bellary on Saturday Mr Hiremath said that Seemant Kumar Singh during his tenure as the Superintendent of Police of Bellary, had extended all kinds of support to Reddy brother in their illegal activities.
He also recalled that Mr Singh as the Bellary SP had failed to serve numerous arrest-warrants on then tourism minister G Janardhana Reddy.
Action against officials
Mr. Hiremath said that in the wake of the Supreme Court order on May 11, 2012 directing the CBI to investigate the case, the organisations would urge the agency for action against all the officials belonging to various departments allegedly involved in illegal de-notification of land and illegal mining.
Fight continues
Pledging to continue his fight against illegal mining and illegal de-notification of land, Mr Hiremath clarified that the fight would not be focussed on any particular party or individual.
“In the 1,400-page writ petition filed before the Supreme Court, we have brought to the notice of the court the illegal mining in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh from 2000 to 2010. In the subsequent 1,000-page Interlocutory Application (IA) we have given further inputs and documents on the rampant illegal mining at various stages,” he said.
Mr. Hiremath said that senior officer U.V. Singh had, in his report, clearly mentioned the extent of illegal mining during the tenures of S.M. Krishna, N. Dharam Singh, H.D. Kumaraswamy and Mr. Yeddyurappa. “While the Supreme Court has ordered a CBI inquiry against Mr. Yeddyurappa, it is likely to take up such cases that happened during the tenures of the former Chief Ministers on August 3. Our fight will go on against all those who are involved in illegal de-notification and illegal mining,” he said.
To another query, he alleged that the former Minister D.K. Shivakumar too was involved in cases of illegal mining when S.M. Krishna was the Chief Minister. “There are 20 mining companies involved in illegal mining allegedly run by family members of the Reddy brothers and the wife of the former Minister B. Sriramulu,” he alleged. “We will not spare anyone however influential that individual or company might be,” he said.
He said that various people, including government employees and officials, had provided information to the organisation that proved crucial in the fight against illegal mining and illegal de-notification of land.
“We have documents and they will be submitted in court in the fight against illegal mining and illegal de-notification of land. We will submit documents in two more cases of illegal de-notification of land involving Mr. Yeddyurappa,” he said.
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