MANGALURU: The Karnataka BJP on Friday introduced a repayment of Rs 25 lakh for the circle of relatives of Hindu activist Suhas Shetty, who used to be killed via a gang of assailants in wide sunlight. The BJP has vehemently demanded the probe via the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the case. Speaking to the media after attending Shetty’s funeral in Mangaluru, State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra made the announcement.
He famous that the brutal killing of Hindu employee Suhas Shetty had taken position prior to the surprise of the Pahalgam terror assault had even subsided. He emphasized that the BJP is taking the case critically. “The failure of the police department is evident from the outset. It is a clear failure to provide protection to citizens,” Vijayendra stated.
“We have decided to offer Rs 25 lakh as compensation to Suhas’s family and have extended our support to them in this time of grief. The BJP leaders and workers stand with his family. They have lost a pillar of support.”
Vijayendra additionally prompt the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Home Minister G. Parameshwara to recognise the seriousness of the case and supply repayment from the state executive.
He additionally demanded that the investigation be passed over to the NIA. “There is no protection for Hindus under the Congress government,” he added. Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka stated that each one BJP leaders and employees had attended Suhas Shetty’s funeral.
“He was killed by Popular Front of India (PFI) and Karnataka Forum for Dignity workers, who are jihadi elements. The Police Commissioner tried calling me, but I refused to speak to him,” he added.
“I’ve heard that a ‘surrender team’ is being prepared. The actual killers and those who surrender are different people. This is the modus operandi in this region. Police are just waiting because the surrender team isn’t ready. How long will this go on?” Ashoka requested the police division.
He additionally criticised the police in any other incident, alleging that the police made a mentally challenged guy an accused within the incident of slashing a cow’s udder reported from Bengaluru.
“Even though threats were made a week ago declaring Suhas Shetty as the next target, the police didn’t provide any protection. I wonder if the police even exist in this state,” he stated.
“On one hand, the Chief Minister publicly raises his hand on police officers, and on the other, Congress party offices have become police offices. I have no trust in this investigation.”
Ashoka reiterated the call for for an NIA probe. “Whenever ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans are raised, murders follow. CM Siddaramaiah’s past actions are linked to the killings of Hindu workers. In his previous term, the state Cabinet released 1,600 PFI activists. Empowered by this, they are committing murders without fear,” he alleged.
“If proper investigation is not conducted, revenge killings will continue. Anti-national elements operate freely in coastal Karnataka. Murderers come from Kerala, kill, and escape. Innocent people are framed. This is the system here,” Ashoka stated.
He additionally alleged {that a} week prior to his homicide, Suhas Shetty used to be warned via police to not lift any guns in his automobile, and the automobile used to be searched.
“How did this message reach the killers? If he had a weapon, he might have survived. The murder took place within a half-kilometre radius of police presence, but police didn’t even rush to the spot,” he stated.
Meanwhile, senior BJP chief and previous Minister M.P. Renukacharya criticised the police for inactiveness. He requested why 20 other folks have been briefly arrested in reference to the mob lynching case of Mohammad Ashraf, whilst no arrests have been made in Suhas Shetty’s homicide, regardless of the life of video proof appearing the killers.
Speaking in Davanagere, Renukacharya additionally alleged, “Hindus learn prayers and bhajans in temples. But in madrassas, children are taught to pelt stones and kill Hindus.”
He known as for the ones concerned within the homicide of Hindu activists to be “shot dead”. He alleged that all over Siddaramaiah’s earlier time period, 56 Hindu activists have been hacked to loss of life.
“This government is giving an impression that it is functioning with support from Pakistan. Hindus have no safety here. Are we supposed to stay silent when Hindu activists are murdered? Hindus are not weak,” he stated.