The assault victims are believed to be supporters of Arun Puthila, who left the BJP after being denied the party ticket from Puttur but finished second, pushing the saffron party candidate to the third place.
The poster was put up in the Puttur Assembly segment. It said, “Condolences to you for BJP suffering a humiliating loss. (From,) dejected Hindu workers.”
Arun Kumar Puthila, a leader of the Sangh Parivar and an independent candidate, consoled his supporters after narrowly missing out on victory in the assembly polls from the.
Riding on the Hindutva and Modi wave, the BJP succeeded in retaining six out of eight Assembly constituencies in Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday.