In another incident of cow vigilantism, a person belonging to India's ruling BJP party was killed and another person injured, allegedly by activists of a right-wing Hindu group near Hebri in Udipi district of Karnataka, South India. Hindu Jagarana Vedike activists intercepted and attacked the duo with sharp weapons, suspecting they were transporting calves to an abattoir, a senior police official said.
Twenty nine year old Praveen Poojary succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Bramhavar, where his friend Akshay Devadiga (22) has also been admitted but he is out of danger, Udupi Superintendent of Police K T Balakrishna told reporters. Earlier, the police suspected right-wing groups VHP and Bajrang Dal activists to be responsible for the incident.
Seventeen people were arrested and they were on a hunt to nab people involved, he said. 'Hindu Jagarana Vedike members stopped a vehicle transporting three calves and assaulted two persons, accusing them of taking the calves to a slaughter house. In this incident Praveen, Poojary has succumbed to the injuries at a hospital in Brahmavara,' Balakrishna said.
He said Devadiga was injured but is out of danger. A case of murder has been booked at Brahmavara police station, he said, adding Hindu Jagarana Vedike's Srikanth is the prime accused in the case. In capital of Karnataka, Bengaluru the Home Minister G Parameshwara said prima facie cattle trade - related business dispute may be the reason behind the killing of the BJP worker. 'They (police) are suspecting some sort of a cattle trade- related business dispute,' he said, adding, he did not see any communal angle' at this point of time.
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