MANGALURU:A 29-year-old Bajrang Dal activist was killed by a group of six unidentified people near Samaja Mandir, Samagaragundi, Moodbidri town, on Friday morning. The victim has been identified as Prashanth alias Mallige Prashanth, a flower vendor and a resident of Hosabettu.
Sources in the Moodbidri police station said that the killing took place when Prashanth was heading towards his flower shop at 7.30 am.
Six miscreants, in three motorbikes, waylaid him near Samaja Mandir and assaulted him with lethal weapons. Later, the assailants fled from the scene leaving Prashanth in a pool of blood.
Passersby immediately shifted Prashanth to private hospital in Mangaluru. However, he later succumbed to injuries .
The situation in Moodbidri turned tense soon after the killing. Police personnel were deployed at key locations in the town to prevent any untoward incident. Meanwhile, a few miscreants allegedly assaulted mediapersons when they reached the spot to report the incident.
Heavy police force was deployed in Moodbidri town and other parts of the district and no untoward incident was reported in the district till 8.30 pm.
Mild Lathi-charge
Chaos erupted in Moodbidri town when miscreants pelted stone on five shops in the evening. This resulted in a large crowd gathering at the spot. Police had to resort to mild lathi-charge to disperse the crowd. A case has been registered at Moodbidri police station.