I will launch a protest against the government. I have evidence that the state government is targeting Hindu activists…” Punith Kerehalli said during a press conference in Bengaluru Monday.
The self-styled gau rakshaks had "intercepted" a truck that was transporting cattle late on March 31. The body of one of the traders, Idris Pasha, was found the next day.
Punit Kerehalli, one of the five accused in the murder of Idris Pasha, is the president of a well known Hindutva group which had earlier been vocal about stopping Muslim vendors from selling wares outside temples.