Daijiworld Media Network-Bengaluru (RJP)

Bengaluru, Jun 2: A BJP functionary was hacked to death by a gang in Anekal here on the night of Wednesday, May 31. 

Harish (40) is the deceased. He was recently appointed as vice president of the BJP’s Yuva Morcha for SC/ST of Anekal taluk.

The murder took place at around 11 pm near Heelalige gate in Anekal when Harish was coming back home on his motorcycle after a party with his friends. Around five men with lethal weapons waylaid him, threw chilli powder on his face and hacked him to death.

Police say that the assailants are related to Harish.

Motive behind the murder was a fishing contract Harish procured at Heelalige Lake. Heelalige Lake was filled to the brim after the recent rains, making fishing a profitable prospect. Three brothers identified as Sandeep, Rajesh and Santhosh, who are Harish’s distant relatives, also wanted the fishing contract, said police sources.

Harish after becoming the vice president of the SC/ST Yuva Morcha wing claimed that he had already bagged the contract and did not allow the three brothers and others to fish in the lake.

Harish had picked a quarrel with the three brothers who were fishing at the lake. Harish went to one of the brothers Rajesh’s house and assaulted him and his parents for not heeding his warnings.

As retaliation for this, the three brothers, along with two other associates identified as Kishore and Karthik, hacked Harish to death on Wednesday night, the police said.

All suspects are absconding.

Suryanagar police have registered a case and formed teams to nab the suspects.

“At this stage, the murder does not look political in nature. We are probing the murder from all angles,” said Amit Singh, superintendent of police, Bengaluru Rural.