Bengaluru: A BJP member of the Bommanhalli municipal council and dalit leader, Srinivas Prasad was bludgeoned to death in Bengaluru in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Coming close on the heels of the alleged contract killing of an RSS worker Rudresh, who was hacked to death in broad daylight on October 16, Prasad’s murder is raising concerns this may be a political killing.
The RSS media coordinator for Karnataka, Rajesh Padmar swiftly labelled it as such while speaking to this newspaper, saying unequivocally that Prasad was killed for political reasons. “In the last two years 10 RSS-VHP-BJP members in Karnataka have been killed. Prasad’s murder is the tenth in the series of politically-motivated killings. This is a very dangerous trend and a threat to the democratic set-up. The state government should institute a free and impartial probe. Prasad had no criminal background,” said Mr Padmar.
