Bajrang Dal activist attacked in Shivamogga

On Monday morning, the accused, identified as Sameer, allegedly attacked Bajrang Dal member Sunil (28) with a machete and chased him on a bike in Sagara town, the police said. However, Sunil managed to escape the attack. Sunil is a resident of Upparakeri in Sagara taluk, police said.

Members of the right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal have threatened to stage a bandh in Sagara taluk of Shivamogga district if the police fail to arrest the accused, who attacked the outfit’s member with a machete on Monday.

Members of the right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal have threatened to stage a bandh in Sagara taluk of Shivamogga district.

On Monday morning, the accused, identified as Sameer, allegedly attacked Bajrang Dal member Sunil (28) with a machete and chased him on a bike in Sagara town, the police said. However, Sunil managed to escape the attack. Sunil is a resident of Upparakeri in Sagara taluk, police said.

“I have been working with Bajrang Dal for many years. I was on my way to the office from my house Monday morning. Miscreants were waiting for me near the Abharan jewellery store. They abused me verbally, took out a machete from the bike and tried to attack me. But I managed to escape,” Sunil said.

“An incident occurred in Sagara town on Monday morning when one person named Sunil was attacked in front of Abharan jewellery store in Sagar town. A person named Sameer tried to attack him with a long weapon. He took the weapon from his motorcycle and tried to attack him,” Shivamogga SP GK Mithun Kumar said.

After the incident, Bajrang Dal activists gathered in front of the police station in Sagara and staged a protest condemning the incident. The protesters warned the police that if they fail to arrest the accused by Monday evening, they would call for a bandh in Sagara on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, police officials said they obtained the CCTV footage of the incident and have launched a hunt to nab the accused. “The police have formed three teams to nab the accused at the earliest and ascertain the reason behind the attack,” Shivamogga SP said.

Shivamogga witnessed a spate of communal incidents last year. Tension gripped several parts of Shivamogga in February last year as violence broke out following the murder of Harsha, a 26-year-old Bajrang Dal worker, who was stabbed to death. In August, two people were injured in stabbing and stone-throwing amid communal tension in the city as two groups clashed over displaying banners of Savarkar