Soon after Hindutva hate speech, 19-year-old Muslim man killed in Karnataka 

Karnataka, January 19, 2022 (PPI-OT):Two Muslim youth Sameer (19) and Shamsheer (21) from Naragund in Karnataka’s Gadag district were brutally attacked by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) members on Monday evening. 19-year-old Sameer succumbed to injuries on Tuesday morning at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) hospital in Hubli. Shamsheer is still in critical condition.

Hussain, a local resident told Maktoob that the RSS men stabbed Sameer’s chest with a knife. They also attacked Shamsheer with a deadly weapon. Hussain also said that this deadly attack against Muslim men happened soon after a gathering organised by Bajrang Dal on Monday in Naragund where slogans were raised against Muslims. Videos showed Naragund Taluk’s former secretary Sanju Nalvade is delivering a genocidal speech against Muslims. He was speaking in the presence of police officers. Both Sameer and Shamsheer were returning home, Hussain said.

A CCTV footage showed the men who were waiting at Naragund State Bank near Sangarwara, stopped the bike of Sameer and Shamsheer and attacked them with deadly weapons. Following an FIR has been lodged at Naragund police station, four men belonging to Bajrang Dal and RSS have been arrested. Details of the deceased are unknown. We will update the story once we get the story. Phone calls to the police station went unanswered.

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