BJP leader hacked to death near Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Unknown assailants on Tuesday morning hacked to death BJP leader Vasu alias Kittaganahalli Vasu near Bengaluru. Assailants blocked the car of Vasu, pulled him out and then hacked him to death, police said. A case has been filed and a man hunt is on to nab the accused, police said. Bengaluru Rural Superintendent of Police Vinit Singh refused to comment on the possible motive behind the crime." Reacting to the incident, RSS Media Coordinator for Karnataka, Rajesh Padmar said the state government should take strong steps to stop such killings and demanded an immediate and impartial probe into it. "In the last two years, more than 10 RSS-VHP-BJP activists have been killed. It is a dangerous development in a democratic set-up," Padmar said.