BENGALURU: A 35-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker and a BJP member from Shivajinagar was hacked to death by two men on the busy Kamaraj Road near Commercial Street on Sunday morning.
Soon after the murder, over 200 RSS workers protested in front of the Commercial Street police station, took out a rally till the Kamaraj Road and forced business establishments to down the shutters. Over 1,000 policemen and RAF personnel have been deployed in the area to maintain law and order.
The victim, Rudresh R., who is a secretary in the BJP Shivajinagar unit, was returning home after attending the RSS route march in the morning. He and his friends and fellow RSS members Jayaram and Kumar had stopped to have tea when the two murderers came on a bike and took a swipe at Rudresh's neck with a machete. He was rushed to the Bowring Hospital nearby, but was declared brought dead.
City Police Commissioner N.S. Megharikh has imposed prohibitory orders under Sec. 144 in Shivajinagar, Commercial Street, Bharathinagar and Pulikeshinagar.
Daylight murder on Commercial St
The police have launched a massive hunt to arrest the attackers of Rudresh R., a resident of Milk Man Street in Shivajinagar. He was also as the Mandal President of the Shivajinagar Shakha of RSS and secretary of the BJP’s Shivajinagar unit.
The killing took place around 11.30 am near Radhakrishna temple, while Rudresh and his two friends Kumar and Jayaram were returning home after taking part in a route march at RBANMS Grounds.
They had stopped near the temple to have tea. Just then two men came in a bike, attacked Rudresh with a machete and fled. Preliminary investigation reveals that the assailants had not covered their faces and their bike had no number plate. Kumar and Jayaram tried to catch the attackers and even pelted stones at them, but they soon vanished.
Rudresh was immediately put into an auto rickshaw and rushed to Bowring Hospital where he was declared brought dead. Soon, the police was alerted and they reached the spot along with sniffer squad and FSL experts who cordoned off the area.
Senior police officers visited the spot and carried out the investigation. The city police commissioner has formed several teams to probe the murder and assured the assailants will be nabbed soon. Rudresh was also into real estate business and is survived by wife and two children.
Protesters block roads
Hundred of protesters took to streets and gheroed Commercial Street police station. The angry protesters blocked the road demanding justice for Rudresh and gave an ultimatum that if police failed to nab the murderers by Monday evening, the state will witness a total bandh.
The protesters blocked the road leading to Ulsoor, M.G. Road for over two hours. Vehicular movement was disrupted due to the protest in and around Commercial Street and normalcy was restored towards late noon. Lok Sabha member Pratap Simha also visited the spot and pacified the agitators. He assured them that the police would solve the case soon.
RSS march
RSS members have threatened to go on state wide bandh if the police fails to arrest the attackers by 8 pm on Monday. They will be taking out a march on Monday 10 am from Shivajinagar bus stand to police commissioner's office.
