Bengaluru: “Earlier, rowdies used to run when they see Police approaching but now it is the other way round where the Police are taking shelter from anti-social elements and rowdy-sheeters.” These were the words of former Home Minister and Deputy Chief Minister R. Ashoka.
Addressing a press meet here yesterday, the BJP leader said that law and order in the State has collapsed. “Imagine a situation where a rowdy enters the house of an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) and snatches the gold chain of his wife in front of his eyes. This is a classic example of the prevailing law and order situation in Karnataka. If an ACP has no protection, then what about the common man,” he questioned. How the Government can guarantee protection to the common man when its own high-ranking officers are openly threatened by rowdies, he asked.
