BJP leader Praveen Nettar was hacked to death with an ax in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday. Praveen was the district secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha.
Praveen had posted on social media in protest against the murder of Kanhaiyalal who was killed in Rajasthan on June 29. Police is also probing from this angle. So far 10 accused have been taken into custody. They are being interrogated. Karnataka Home Minister Arga Janendra has met CM Basavaraj Bommai in the matter.
After the murder, BJP workers demonstrated in Puttur, which continued till late in the night. Even today Dakshina Kannada bandh has been called. Section 144 has been imposed in the district. The furious mob also tried to overturn the car of BJP MP Nalinkumar Katil. The angry crowd raised slogans ‘We want justice’.
Stones were pelted on buses, police lathicharged,
protesters pelted stones on government buses at some places. After this, the police lathi-charged the protesting people. A bus going from Puttur to Mangaluru was pelted with stones at Bolvar, causing damage to the bus.
There is tension in the area. Police has formed 4 teams to arrest the accused. This district is adjacent to Kerala. Therefore, help is also being taken from the police there.
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly and former CM Siddaramaiah has demanded from the police that the culprits should be arrested without any discrimination.
Praveen was a poultry trader
, according to the police, Praveen has a poultry shop in Bellare area of Dakshina Kannada district. On Tuesday, when Praveen was returning home after closing the shop, some people on a bike came and blocked his way. He attacked Praveen with an axe. They were seriously injured. Neighbors informed the police.
The police reached there and took Praveen to the hospital. Where doctors declared him brought dead. Praveen’s body was brought to his native village Nettru. Thousands of people were present during this.
Praveen wrote in the post – Will the opposition say anything on Kanhaiya’s murder
BJP leader Praveen Nettar had posted a Facebook post opposing the killing of Kanhaiyalal in Udaipur on June 29. He wrote that a Taylor was murdered by slitting his throat for supporting the nationalist ideology and its video was also made. After this PM Modi has also been targeted. This incident has happened in a state where there is a Congress government. Praveen while questioning the opposition parties wrote that now anyone will say anything in this matter?
BJP leader was also murdered
in June On June 23, BJP leader Mohammad Anwar was stabbed to death in Shivamogga, Karnataka. The killers had come by bike. Mohammad Anwar was the General Secretary of BJP. BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje had told the hand of fundamentalists behind this murder.
