Pramesh S Jain & Thomas (Special correspondent)
Many have been arrested and they are being interrogated in the case related to the murder of Harsha in Shivamogga.Investigation is on.
Based on the outcome of the investigation we will decide as to which agency should be assigned the task of further investigation,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
Speaking to media persons he said,maintaining peace,law and order is our priority.Curfew is in force in Shivamogga.
Reacting to Congress leaders’ charge that Harsha’s funeral procession was a government sponsored event violating section 144,Bommai said,Congress leaders are used to government sponsored programmes in the past.They are saying this based on their own experience.”
Replying to a question on his Delhi trip, the Chief Minister said that he had no such plans for now.
Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Wednesday said it does not appear to be a simple case of murder.
‘We are looking into the angle of how these elements got emboldened to carry out a crime like this. I have written to the DG for audit of crime in Kote and Doddapet police stations in last five years,’ he said.
‘We will examine the role of officers who have worked in these police stations for five years. Police negligence will be probed,’he said.
The arrested persons are criminals who have committed serious offences.How they have been not monitored by the local police will be probed, he said.
BJP MP and President of BJP National Yuva Morcha,Tejasvi Surya has demanded the government to consider it as an act of terror.
He also urged a ban on the SDPI, PFI and CFI. After visiting the family of deceased Harsha, Tejaswi Surya said,Ours is not a ‘haram’ government like Congress,FIR’s have been changed when Hindu activists were killed during the time of Congress rule in the state.
Our government will see to it that the people behind this murder are hanged, this is the message we will give to the people of the state,” he said.
However, SDPI Karnataka State President Abdul Majeed squarely blamed the role of Sangh Parivar behind the murder of Harsha.
Murders like this are not new in the state. Whenever, there is a murder of Hindu leaders, it is blamed on Muslims and SDPI.
“There is a hand of Sangh Parivar behind Harsha murder.There is a role of Sangh Parivar behind 36 murders.
Harsha’s murder is a conspiracy. Ruling BJP and Sangh Parivar both have their role behind the act. To hide this, they blame it on SDPI and talk about banning it,” he said.
On Sunday, February 20 night, Bajrang Dal activist Harsha was stabbed to death near Kamat petrol bunk in the Shivamogaa district of Karnataka. The Hindu activist was rushed to Mc Gann district hospital,where he succumbed to his stab injuries.
In a press briefing held on Tuesday, the Shivamogga SP, Laxmi Prasad informed that eight people involved in the murder have been arrested so far.
Those arrested include, Mohammad Kashif, Sayed Nadeem,Asifulla Khan,Riyan Shariff,Nihan,Jilani,Arafath.
As per the Police,Mohammad Kashif, Asifulla Khan and Nihan have been arrested for murder while Sayed Nadeem and Afnan have been arrested for conspiracy. As per the police, the accused came in a car, chased Harsha and killed him he added.
