NEW DELHI: Concerned over the killing of a Hindu activist in Karnataka, a delegation of BJP MPs today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to seek a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the case and other such violent deaths in the State.
BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje, who led the delegation, said Deepak Rao, hacked to death in the Dakshina Kannada district yesterday, was the 21st person to be killed in Karnataka in recent times.
She alleged the involvement of the radical Islamic outfit, the Popular Front of India (PFI), in most of the killings.
“This is the 21st murder in Karnataka. Of these, 12 were committed by ‘jihadis’. The organisation is active in Karnataka because the State Government is supporting it,” Karandlaje alleged.
The MPs’ delegation requested the Union Home Minister to intervene in the matter and ensure a probe by the NIA into all the recent murder cases, she said. (AGENCIES)
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