Terming the Sri Ram Sene as a 'threat' to the country, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the Centre was watching its activities and expected the Karnataka government to take firm action against the outfit, accused of being involved in the Mangalore pub attack.

"Sri Ram Sene is a threat to the country. The Centre is watching its activities with great concern", the minister told reporters.

Condemning the activities of the outfit, he said "no organisation can become a self-styled police force. That cannot be allowed. Sene had already crossed limits. They cannot say what one should wear, one should eat or to where one should go," he said.

Asked if the Centre could impose ban on the outfit, he said "let us see what Karnataka Government is doing. We expect Chief Minister Yeddiyurappa to take firm action against them as promised", he said.

Members of the Sene were allegedly involved in the attack on women at a pub in Mangalore on January 24 which sparked a national outrage.

NO OBJECTION IF GOVT DECIDES TO BAN SRI RAM SENE: RSS

Disassociating with Sri Ram Sene, whose acts of moral policing in Mangalore evoked nationwide indignation, the RSS today called for stringent action against Sene and said it had no objection if the government decided to ban the outfit.

"RSS considers attacks on humans as heinous crime. We do not have any objection, if the government decides to ban Sri Ram Sene," RSS South-Central Zonal Secretary K Narahari told a press conference in Bangalore.

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