India, April 11 -- In a significant move, the Karnataka government will operationalise 33 exclusive police stations on April 14 to handle cases under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

According to a report by Deccan Herald, the decision comes in response to Karnataka's low conviction rates in atrocity cases and years of calls to bolster the functioning of the DCRE. While Bengaluru will get two of these specialised stations, the rest will be distributed across the state with one in each district.

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This initiative is expected to change the way atrocity cases are investigated. Until now, the DCRE could only conduct inquiries, but lacked t...