Bengaluru, Oct 16 (Agencies): Two assailants hacked a RSS leader to death near BEO Office in Kamraj Road near Commercial Street, Bengaluru on Sunday noon. The deceased is R Rudresh, a resident of Milkman Street in Shivajinagar. He is a BJP and RSS worker.
On Sunday morning he went to attend Route March organised by RSS. The march started around 9 am and concluded at 11 am.
Rudresh along with his friends and fellow RSS member Jayaram and Kumar were having tea when two persons came on a bike and hit Rudresh with a machete on the neck and fled the spot.
He was rushed to a nearby Bowring Hospital and was declared brought dead. Case registered in Commercial Street police station.
The RSS workers gathered at commercial Street police station staged a protest demanding the arrest of the assailants. Senior police officer said preliminary investigation revealed that it is a case of personal enmity.
Yeddy condemns murder of RSS worker Rudresh in Shivajinagar
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Bengaluru, Oct 16: Former Chief Minister and Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa has strongly condemned the "cold-blooded" murder RSS worker Rudresh in Shivajinagar in Bengaluru on Sunday.
"The impunity with which the killers have perpetrated this heinous crime and the felicity with which they have escaped are a telling comment on the state of affairs in the law and order front in Bangalore city in particular and the entire state in general," Yeddyurappa said.
RSS route march
In a press statement, he said Rudresh had participated in one of the RSS route march that was held on Sunday in different parts of Bangalore city and was returning home when he was waylaid and stabbed to death. Rudresh was also functioning as BJP Secretary of the Shivajinagar Assembly Constituency.
"What is highly disturbing is that there seems to be a pattern in the attacks on RSS workers in Bangalore," he said pointing out that RSS workerPhaneendra was attacked by swords at Vidyaranyanapura a few months back and the attackers are at large.
About eight days ago, another RSS worker Dilip was attacked at Muthyalnagar under Yeshwanthpur police station limits. Two youths were arrested and immediately released on station bail within two hours. Six others are absconding. The motive of these attacks has to be spelt by the police and the government. But what I sense is that the attackers have felt emboldened by the "inaction" of the police and the "stoic silence" of the government because the culprits have not been punished in the previous two incidents. A feeling has gained ground among the potential violence-perpetrators that they can do anything and get away with ease.
"The brutal murder of Rudreshis a litmus test for the State Government to demonstrate its seriousness, sincerity and will power in nabbing the killers and taking the issue to its logical end. In earlier two instances, the government has failed. I demand home minister Dr G Parameshwar to come clean on this issue. BJP will launch agitation to mount pressure on the government on the issue of the attack on RSSand BJP workers," he said.