Shivamogga: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday said that the Bajrang Dal activist Harsha was murdered in Shivamogga in Karnataka was ‘attacked by jihadists earlier too’. The VHP claimed that Harsha’s murder is an infernal act, which was jointly perpetrated by the Popular Front of India (PFI) and the Socialist Democratic Party of India (SDPI) carried out with an ulterior motive to spread terror throughout the state of Karnataka.
The VHP announced that Bajrang Dal will be staging a statewide protests on February 23.
Slamming the PFI and SDPI, the VHP accused the workers of both the outfits for carrying out violence in various regions of the state. Two months ago, Bajrang Dal activist Manju Bhargav was attacked in Tumkur. Nagesh, a Bajrang Dal worker from Shimoga, Prashanth Poojary in Dakshina Kannada, Kuttappa from Madikeri, Rudresh in Bangalore were attacked by the PFI and SDPI workers,” the VHP informed.
“VHP is of the firm view that these workers come to Karnataka from Kerala, perpetrate such crimes and vanish. It is a deep-rooted conspiracy of these anti-social and anti-national elements to foment trouble and trigger communal clash among different sections of society,” it said in its statement.
VHP has demanded that case should immediately be handed over to the National Investigating Agency, from the Karnataka’s government.
They have also claimed that murder of Harsha was an outcome of the “poison” that fanatics are spreading in the Muslim community.
Coming down hard on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, VHP joint general secretary Surendra Jain alleged that the ‘tukde-tukde’ gang works to spread such poison in the name of Muslim appeasement.
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