A Bharatiya Janata Party worker sustained head injuries after he was attacked allegedly by two men with a wooden stick in Kempashettidoddi village, police said on Thursday.
Naveen CS (34), a farmer, was attacked on April 9, they said.
Following the incident, BJP State President BY Vijayendra accused the Congress of attacking BJP-JDS workers and creating an atmosphere of fear.
According to Naveen’s family, a day before the incident, he had gone to his acquaintance Shekhar’s house after some persons told him that the latter had called him. Things took a turn when Naveen did not return home that night.
In his complaint, the victim’s brother Shivakumar CS stated that on April 9, he got a call from someone saying that his brother was at Shekhar’s house in Kempashettidoddi village.
When Shivakumar and his father went there to pick Naveen up, they saw Shekhar and his accomplice allegedly fighting with Naveen, and hit him with a wooden stick on his head.
According to Shivakumar, Shekhar and Naveen had some financial transactions and they suspect that a monetary dispute could have triggered the fight which eventually led to the attack.
Nobody has been arrested in the matter yet, he said.
Taking to X, the State BJP President shared a picture of the party worker with injuries and alleged that Karnataka Congress which is “known for its politics of goondaism with money, liquor and muscle power” is desperate in Bengaluru Rural.
Hitting out at Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and his brother Suresh who is the Congress candidate from Bangalore Rural, he further alleged that the district is in the grip of the DK brothers (Shivakumar and Suresh) and said that attacking BJP workers and threatening voters is an “unpardonable” offence.
The state unit of BJP today filed a complaint with the Chief Election Officer of Karnataka urging him to take note of this serious situation and take necessary action.
In its complaint, the BJP alleged that despite such “dreadful attacks” and “life threatening” physical injuries, the jurisdictional police have filed an FIR under section 324 instead of 307 (murder attempt) of the IPC which shows that the police officers are also hand-in-glove with the said “goons” and are acting to their tunes.
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