Former Tumakuru mayor Ravi Kumar hacked to death while having tea with friends

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September 30, 2018

Bengaluru, Sept 30: A former mayor and JD(S) corporator was hacked to death by a gang in full public view at a busy locality of Tumakuru town Sunday, police said.

Ravi Kumar, who had a criminal past, was having tea with his friend in Batawadi area when two people came and threw chilli powder on their face.

Kumar tried to flee the spot, but soon five other people surrounded him and attacked him with machetes and sharp-edged weapons, killing him on the spot, police said.

Even as the people present in the area were struck by shock, the gang fled the scene.

The gangster-turned politician was a former mayor of Tumakuru Corporation and had been elected as a corporators in the recent local body elections.

Police said several criminal cases were pending against him.

Police said they suspected old rivalry to be motive behind Kumar's killing, adding a manhunt had been launched to track the assailants.

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Brahmin Savarkar was non-veg eater; wasn't against cow slaughter: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

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"As a Brahmin he was eating meat, and he was openly propagating eating meat," said the minister at an event in Bengaluru.

Reacting to Gundu Rao's claim, BJP MP Anurag Thakur called Congress a "factory of lies" as he warned that India won't tolerate any disrespect towards Savarkar.

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The complainant, who is the director of an NGO, claimed he watched a press conference addressed by Gandhi in Hingoli and also a speech made by the Congress leader in November 2022.

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According to the complainant, Gandhi said "Savarkar is BJP and RSS jin" which was defamatory in nature.

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