Protests are raging in Karnataka following the death of Yuva Morcha activist Praveen Nettaru. Condemning the brutal murder the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) gave a Bandh call in Kadaba, Sullia and Puttur Taluks of the district on Wednesday.
Shops and other establishments were closed for business today in response to the bandh call. A Mangaluru-bound KSRTC bus was reportedly pelted with stones.
The victim Praveen Nettaru, 32, resident of Nettaru in Bellare was heading home after closing his shop Akshaya Poultry Farm late Tuesday evening when the unknown assailants hacked him to death, police said.
As soon as he was attacked, he tried to escape and ran but he fell down after a blow on his head, police said.
Local residents immediately informed police, which rushed to the spot and took the blood-soaked Nettaru to the hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead.
Police are probing various angles, including the assailants coming from neighbouring Kerala, into the killing of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha district executive committee member Praveen Nettaru.
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