In a shocking revelation, former chief minister and Janata Dal (Secular) state president H D Kumaraswamy has said that a local leader of Bharatiya Janta Party in Mangaluru had involved in the coldblooded murder of Deepak Rao.
32-year-old Deepak Rao was hacked to death by a gang of four miscreants on January 3 at Katipalla in Mangaluru. The police have managed to catch four persons who had directly involved in the killing. Political pundits believe that the murder has politically benefitted the saffron party ahead of next assembly polls.
According to local Congress MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava, one among the accused, Pinki Navaz, is an activist of BJP minority morcha and he had campaigned for BJP’s Krishna J Palemar in last assembly polls. However, Palemar has disowned Pinki Navaz and rubbished Mr Bava’s charge.
On Monday, addressing media persons in Mysuru, Kumaraswamy said that though the police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of Deepak Rao they have not revealed who gave them supari to kill him.
“I suspect the hand of a BJP corporator from Mangaluru in this murder. I have received some information in this regard. I do not know what the state government is doing and whom it is trying to protect,” Mr Kumaraswamy said.
Meanwhile, the BJP has denied the charges of JD(S) leader. Addressing media persons on Monday, Mangaluru North block BJP president Bharat Raj Shetty expressed suspicion that Mr Bava might have persuaded Mr Kumaraswamy to issue such a statement.
“The police should interrogate Mr Kumaraswamy and Mr Bava. They are trying to mislead the people through false statements,” he said.
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