New Delhi :
In a gruesome incident, some unidentified assailants hacked a BJP member to death in Bengaluru's Surya City Police station limits on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Kithaganahalli Vasu. He was a BJP councillor.
"BJP councillor and Dalit leader Srinivas Prasad,popularly known as Kithaganahalli Vasu, was stabbed with sharpweapons around 5 AM," Bengaluru Rural Superintendent of Police Vinit Singh told.
Union Minister Ananth Kumar criticised Karnataka government for its inaction. He said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah government must take action on it.
It is being observed that of late BJP members or people linked with its mentor-organisation,RSS, have been targeted by some anonymous people in different states. On October 16, an RSS worker was hacked to death inBengaluru, which triggered massive protests by BJP and RSSworkers.
On March 5, Three RSS activists were injured in an attack allegedly by CPI(M) workers at a village near Koyilandy in the district, police had informed.
The victims, all in their early 20’s, had suffered injuries in their hands and legs in the attack last night at Keezhaiyur village and have been admitted to the Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode. No one has been arrested in connection with the attack, they had said.
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Unidentified assailants hacked a BJP member Kithaganahalli Vasu to death in Bengaluru's Surya City Police station limits, this morning. pic.twitter.com/vtEnoPH8ai
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