All the 21 suspects, who have been detained, are members of PFI and SDPI. They are being questioned by the police and no arrests have been made so far.
A day after BJP Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Nettaru was killed in the communally sensitive Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, the Mangalore people detained another batch of suspects late Wednesday night.
All the 21 suspects, who have been detained, are members of PFI and SDPI. They are being questioned by the police and no arrests have been made so far.
Earlier in the day, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai cancelled several events organised to mark the one-year anniversary of his government on Thursday in the wake of Praveen’s death. The chief minister is also likely to visit Bellare to meet Praveen’s family.
“There is anger in our hearts following this killing. This incident within few months after Harsha’s (Bajarang Dal activists) murder in Shivamogga has pained me,” Bommai said.
Praveen, a resident of Nettaru in Bellare, was hacked to death in front of his broiler shop in the area by three bike-borne people on Tuesday night, when he was heading home after closing his shop.
Following the killing, tension prevailed at several places in the Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday, with instances of stone-pelting and police lathicharge being reported.
he BJP and Sangh Parivar supporters had turned their angst against the state government, accusing it of not standing up to protect the lives of Hindu workers.
