Kollam, Feb 9 : Terming the Sri Ram Sene a threat to the country, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram warned the Karnataka Government to take strict action against the party for the recent Mangalore pub attack.

Chidambaram said the Centre is keeping a check on the activities of the Sri Ram Sene.

"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," Chidambaram said on the sidelines of an event in Kollam, Kerala.

Chidambaram said he expected Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddiyurappa to punish activists of the outfit. (ANI)