BENGALURU, 1 MAR

A BJP worker and a close associate of BJP MP Umesh Jadhav was hacked to death in Kalaburagi, police said on Friday.

Girish Chakra was killed after being invited to a felicitation party by friends at a farmhouse late at Sanganura village near Afzalpura taluk on Thursday night. The attackers threw chilli powder into his eyes before hacking him to death, according to the police.

Chakra was recently appointed as the Director of BSNL Advisory Committee by Jadhav. The victim’s brother, Sadashiva Chakra, said the murder is due to the inability of a few people who cannot tolerate Girish’s progress in politics. He claimed that some of the community leaders were also involved in the murder.

“They must have hired Supari killers to kill my brother. The killers felicitated my brother before killing him. I will reveal the names of those who hired the killers to the police,” Chakra said.

However, this incident took a political turn after BJP attacked District-in-charge Minister Priyank Kharge. After “Troll Minister Priyank Kharge” came to power, the murders and extortions are happening in the district, BJP said on X platform. BJP urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to sack Kharge for ruining law and order in Kalaburagi.