Puttur, Dec 15: A senior leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was killed in a ghastly road mishap at Polya near Kabaka under the limits Puttur Traffic Police Station in Dakshina Kannada district in the early hours of Tuesday, December 15.
Venkataramana Holla (59) was the gram vikas pramukh (rural development chief) of the Mangaluru division of RSS. He was a resident of Agrabail near BC Road in Bantwal taluk.
Holla had taken part in an RSS Baithak in Puttur on Monday and spent night at local RSS centre. The mishap took place at around 5 a.m. on Tuesday when he was returning home on his motorbike.
Holla’s motorbike was found near the police barricade at Polya. It is suspected that Holla might have cashed his bike into the barricade after losing control over his motorbike or after being hit by another vehicle on the road.
He was associated with Sangh Parivar for around four decades. He has also been a mentor and guide to Nalin Kumar Kateel, the MP of Dakshina Kannada and president of Karnataka state unit of BJP.
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