Bengaluru: A political slugfest has broken out between the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP over the death of BJP worker Santosh who was murdered on Wednesday night in Chinnappa Garden, JC Nagar. While the Congress dismissed claims that the killing was political, the BJP, intent on scoring a point ahead of the polls, claimed the killers were targeting BJP workers.
Leading the charge for the BJP was state president B.S. Yeddyurappa who visited Santosh’s residence and handed over a cheque for Rs 1 lakh to the family of the deceased. He assured them that the party will pressurise the state government to ensure the maximum punishment for the accused, compensation to the family and a government job for a family member since Santosh was the lone breadwinner.
Speaking to reporters, Mr Yeddyurappa said the BJP stands vindicated as it had been claiming that law and order has completely collapsed in the state.
Top police sources told Deccan Chronicle that they were concerned that communal tensions were being stoked ahead of the polls just as it was in Honnavar and Surathkal in the coastal districts.
Santosh killing: BJP demands NIA probe
State BJP chief B.S. Yeddyurappa on Friday visited the home of party worker, Santosh, who was murdered in JC Nagar earlier this week, and handed over a sum of '1 lakh to the family.
Mr Yeddyurappa assured it that this party would do its best to ensure that his killers got the maximum punishment.
Mr Yeddyurappa, who was accompanied by former MLA, Katta Subramanya Naidu, and party corporators, said that the Bharatiya Janata Party would make sure the family got compensation from the state government and a job in government service for one of its members.
Speaking to reporters later, Mr Yeddyurappa said that it was clear that law and order had collapsed in the state as Bharatiya Janata Party workers were being killed everywhere.
“But the state government is protecting the accused instead of taking stern action against them,” he claimed.
Meanwhile, leaders of Bengaluru city unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party staged a dharna in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi demanding that the National Investigating
