Karnataka: BJP leader found dead in Periyapatna
Mysore: Just days after the brutal murder of RSS worker Rudresh in Bengaluru, the vice-president of BJP Yuva Morcha in Periyapatna taluk, Magali Ravi, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Periyapatna police station limits on Friday night. Ravi’s body was found 200 metres away from the town.
He was returning home on his two-wheeler after attending a peace committee meeting on the Tipu Jayanthi celebrations at the Periyapatna town police station. He suffered a fracture of his arm and an injury on his forehead. Passersby told the police that it was a case of accident, but when his parents suspected it to be a case of murder, the police registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC.
Superintendent of Police Ravi Channannanavar said that four teams have been formed and the case will be investigated from all angles.
Magali Ravi, vice-president of BJP Yuva Morcha of Periyapatna taluk, was reportedly found dead under mysterious circumstances in Periyapatna police station limits on Friday night.
The 31-year-old leader’s body was found 200 metres away from the town. He was returning home on his two- wheeler, after attending a peace committee in Periyapatna town police station, regarding Tipu Jayanti celebrations. He sustained a fracture of his arm, and injury on his forehead. While information reached the police station within 15 minutes of the incident, initial information provided by passersby, said it was a case of accident but when his parents suspected it to be a case of murder, a case was registered under section 302 of IPC.
When asked whether Ravi’s death and RSS worker Rudresh’s recent murder in Bengaluru were connected, SP Ravi Channannanavar said the latest case was under investigation from all angles by four teams formed by the district police. Officers of RTO have been asked to provide information on the nature of accident, whether he lost balance and fell on his own or if a vehicle had rammed into his two-wheeler with the intention to kill him.
Tension gripped Periyapatna with scores of BJP leaders staging a protest as the local police denied them permission to take his body in a procession before the last rites. The situation, however, was under control in the town.
