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Chikkamagaluru DC instructs officials to investigate atrocity cases on people belonging to SC/ST
Chikkamagaluru Deputy Commissioner Meena Nagaraj has instructed officials to investigate the cases of atrocities on people belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and file a chargesheet within the stipulated time.
Ms. Nagaraj was speaking at a meeting of the district-level SC/ST awareness committee held in Chikkamagaluru on Friday.
The officials should not delay in releasing the compensation amount to the victims of atrocity cases and act as per the provisions under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, she said.
Referring to the demand of Ashraya sites for the beneficiaries at Bannur Gram Panchayat in N.R. Pura taluk, Ms. Nagaraj said that she gave suitable instructions to the officials concerned. She wanted to know why the officers did not act, and directed the N.R. Pura tahsildar to allot sites at the earliest.
She instructed the tahsildar of Kadur taluk to take action with regard to the sanction of land for a burial ground at Ambedkar Nagar in the town.
Zilla Panchayat CEO H.S. Keerthana, Additional Superintendent of Police C.T. Jayakumar and others were present.
