Mangalore: A sense of whatsapp war has taken wings following the brutal murder of Deepak Rao, a Hindu youth from Katipalla who was hacked to death on Wednesday, December 3.
The accused were nabbed by police on the very same day and propaganda to affiliate the accused to political leaders of the region or a political party has started on whatsapp.
While one message claims that the accused are members of the BJP Minority Morcha, the other claims that the accused are closely associated with the Congress party.
‘Mangaluru Leaks’ reportedly claims that the murder was orchestrated by the BJP in its desperate bid to reclaim the lost assembly segments of the coastal belt. The message states that the accused, Pinky Nawaz, is the brother in-law of Mohommed Ali, who is an active BJP member. Nawaz’s brother Ismail Katipalla is a business associate of a BJP corporator. Further, all the four accused in the case have BJP links in one way or the other, claims the message adding that many have been closely connected to former BJP minister Krishna J Palemar. It is said that all the four campaigned for Palemar, against sitting MLA Moideen Bava.
Meanwhile, another set of pictures making the rounds show some of the accused dining with Congress leaders and also interacting with top notch leaders of the Congress party.
