Jihadis on Prowl – Swayamsevak and son of BJP leader, Karthik Raj, Beaten to Death in Mangaluru

Mangaluru October 24, 2016: Following the murder of Swayamsevak Rudresh in Bengaluru, Another shocking murder of a swayamsevak Karthik Raj (27) is reported from Mangalore.
RSS Swayamsevak, son a of noted BJP leader, was brutally attacked by unidentified miscreants on Saturday near Konaje police station, was died at a private hospital in Deralakatte near Mangaluru on Sunday.
Unidentified people assaulted Karthik Raj, son of former Mangaluru Taluk Panchayat vice-president and BJP leader Umesh Ganiga, a few metres away from the Konaje police station.
He was hit on his head by a sword while he was jogging from his house in Pajir to a gymnasium in Derlakatte on Saturday. Karthik had grave injuries after the attack. He was in the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Deralakatte.
Following Raj’s death, the Konaje police have registered a case of murder. The police are still working on clues and are searching for the accused.

BJP Karnataka state President, B S Yediyurappa urged Government to wake up from slumber & to act decisively to prevent this Jihadi attacks on Hindu activists. Pattern and modus operandi of the murder points to the hand of jihadi terrorist organisation Popular Front behind this murder as well, he added.
Meanwhile, at a public meeting on Sunday, Vishwa Hindu Parishad joint secretary Surendara Kumar Jain claimed Raj was a victim of revenge killing by from some people from another community. He said that Gou Rakshak Prashant Poojary was murdered in Moodbidri last year.
RSS Kshetreeya Sanghachalak V Nagaraj condemned the murder of Karthik Raj  and demanded immediate arrest of culprits behind this crime.

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