No let up in Dakshina Kannada violence, trio attacks RSS supporter
On Sunday, BC Road and Bantwal were turned to a fortress and security was beefed up.
Mangaluru: There is no end to the violence in Dakshina Kannada with a man, who police claimed was a sympathiser of right-wing outfits, attacked by some people on a motorbike at Kuthar near here, days after an RSS activist was fatally stabbed at Bantwal.
Chiranjeevi (24) was attacked when he was riding home on his bike Saturday night after a workout in a gym. Three people came behind him on a motorcycle, attacked him at a deserted spot with swords and fled, police said, adding that Chiranjeevi himself rode to a nearby hospital after calling up his friends and collapsed there even as they rushed to the spot. Police said Chiranjeevi was a sympathiser of right wing organisations, including RSS, and not an activist.
Police Commissioner T.R. Suresh and other top officials visited the spot where Chiranjeevi was attacked. Officials said he was out of danger. The district is already tense after the death of an RSS worker Sharath Madivala on Friday following an attack on him in Bantwal on July 4. Thirteen people have been arrested in connection with the trouble at BC Road on Saturday during the funeral procession of Sharath.
On Sunday, BC Road and Bantwal were turned to a fortress and security was beefed up.
