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Police are yet to confirm the reason for the murder.
Police is keeping an eye on various types of crimes That Harsh Hindu (27), a Bajrang Dal worker in the Shivamogga area, was included for a possible motive. to kill man on Sunday.
Crime records from the city of Shivamogga show that Harsh was involved in at least five cases of assault and attempt to murder, including several communal incidents of attacks on rival anti-social elements of the Hindu Muslim community.
KS Eshwarappa, a senior BJP minister from Shivamogga, has already given a communal color to the killing of Harsh Hindu.
“A good worker of our party has been murdered in Shivamogga. This is done by Muslim goons. Muslim goons never had so much courage in Shivamogga and action should be taken against such people,” said Eshwarappa.
The Shivamogga region is represented in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly by Eshwarappa, current Home Minister Araga Gyanendra and former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. The city of Shivamogga is prone to communal violence due to the presence of communal gangs affiliated with pro-Hindu and pro-Muslim political organizations.
In one of the most recent cases registered against Harsh, the police had accused him of being part of a mob that attacked Muslim traders in Shivamogga town after a communal clash on December 3, 2020.
According to police records, cases of assault are going on against Harsha at Doddapet police station since 2017.