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Karnataka: BJP Worker Run Over By Car During Campaign In Kodagu, Party Stages Protests

Karnataka: A BJP worker was run over by a car in Kodagu during a poll campaign. Following the incident, BJP leaders and workers staged a protest outside Kodagu police station. 

A BJP worker died allegedly after a car ran over him during the election campaign in Valnoor village of Kushalanagar taluk of Kodagu district on Friday. The police have booked a case against three people and arrested an individual. BJP leaders and workers, however, gathered at the spot and staged a protest outside Kodagu police station. 

According to ANI, A BJP worker died after being hit and run over by a car during election campaigning in Kodagu. Party leaders & workers sloganeer and protest outside Kodagu Police Station. Kodagu SP says that an FIR u/s 302 of the IPC (murder) has been registered against three people. The incident took place in Valnoor village of Kushalanagar taluk. One arrested.

 

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This is the second death of a BJP worker in a road accident in less than two weeks in the state. On April 8, a BJP worker died after his two-wheeler rammed into the door of a car, which was kept open, in KR Puram of Bengaluru.

The car was owned by Union Minister and BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje, who was campaigning in the area. A BJP worker named Prakash was fatally injured when he fell onto the road after the collision with a car and was subsequently struck by a bus. However, Shobha Karandlaje, BJP candidate for Bengaluru North Lok Sabha seat, was not present in the car at the time of mishap. 

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