After protests, Bajrang Dal activist murder case handed over to CID

July 2, 2014

Mangalore, Jul 2: Bowing down to the pressure, the police department has finally entrusted the former Bajrang Dal activist Rajesh Poojary murder case to Crime Investigation Department.

Rajesh Poojary, a former Sangh Parivar activist and an auto-rickshaw driver was hacked to death near the autorickshaw stand at Kalpane in Bantwal on March 18.

Though the police have arrested three youth from Mallur village in connection with the murder, there is a clamour that they were innocents and that police have deliberately fixed them in the case.

The family members of the three arrested youth in connection with this case had staged a series of protest in Mangalore and Bantwal under the banner of Democratic Youth Federation of India. They had even tried to lay siege to the house of District-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai. The demand of the protest was to release the innocents and reinvestigate the Rajesh Poojary murder.

Taking serious cognizance of the issue Superintendent of Police of DK had reportedly written to the Inspector General of Police expressing his opinion to hand over the case to the CID.

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Post-Sabarimala pilgrimage drinking party turns fatal in Udupi; youth killed in midnight brawl

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December 15,2025

Udupi, Dec 15: What was meant to be a post-pilgrimage gathering turned tragic in Padukere village of Brahmavar taluk, Udupi district, late Sunday night, when a clash among youths escalated into a fatal assault, leaving one man dead.

The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Santosh Mogaveera, a resident of Padukere.

According to preliminary information, the incident took place during a late-night drinking party involving a group of local youths who had recently returned after completing their pilgrimage to the Sabarimala shrine. An argument reportedly broke out among the group and soon escalated into a violent confrontation.

During the ensuing brawl, Santosh Mogaveera was allegedly assaulted and collapsed at the spot after sustaining serious injuries. He was rushed by local residents to a private hospital in Brahmavar, where doctors declared him dead.

On receiving information, senior police officials, including Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna, Kota Police Sub-Inspector Praveen Kumar T, Station ASI Manthesh Jabagoudar, and head constables Pradeep and Ashok, visited the spot and conducted an inspection.

Police have taken four youths into custody in connection with the incident. A case has been registered at the Kota police station, and further investigation is underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading to the death.

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