Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (MM/CN)
Udupi, Aug 20: Some miscreants brutally murdered a cattle trader at Alangar, near Perdoor, on Sunday, August 18.
The deceased is Saddu alias Sadanand Poojary (40). His wife Ratna, who was seriously injured in the assault, has been admitted to a private hospital in Manipal.
The miscreants arrived at Poojary’s home in an ambulance and an autorickshaw and assaulted him with sabres. When his wife tried to rescue him, she was also attacked.
Sources informed that Bajrang Dal activists had cautioned him a few days ago, to stop trading in cattle. Hiriyadka police have seized the ambulance and autorickshaw used by the miscreants and arrested three Bajrang Dal activists in this regard, sources added.
Poojary is survived by his wife Ratna, two daughters, and a son.