Udupi: Leader Sharan Pumpwell, of Hindu outfits raised doubts that the police’s legality of booking a murder case under IPC Section 302 (punishment for murder), even before getting the post-mortem report in the death of cattle trader Hussainabba at Peradoor.

Sharan alleged that the Udupi district administration was directly responsible for the death of Hussainabba. He said, “ “In this case, the police failed to get any weapon used for the alleged murder, and Hussainabba had no external injury marks on his body. This proves that he was not assaulted. In this scenario, why are our activists being booked for murder? A total 10 people including a VHP leader, Bajrang Dal activists and three policemen have been arrested so far, in connection with this case, and many innocent activists have been harassed in the name of this murder,” he questioned.

“The police very well know that Hussainabba died due to cardiac arrest, and he had undergone heart bypass surgery twice, but despite this, murder charges were levelled against Hindu activists. Hence, we demand an inquiry into this case at the highest level. The coastal district is getting more vulnerable on the cattle issue. Many such crimes keep happening here. We asked the government and police department to take strict action on this issue. However, the district administration has completely failed in this regard. We demand that the police form a special team to control illegal trafficking of cattle,” he demanded.

On Wednesday, in order to oppose the arrest of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists, a huge protest is been organized in front of DC’s office, Manipal, by the BJP. Bajrang Dal and VHP activists will support the BJP in this protest.