Moodbidri, October 24: Two BJP leaders from the town have filed complaint at police station here stating that they had received life threats via Facebook messages. , in which they were warned of having to pay with their lives for wedging a divide between Hindus and Muslim through communalism and dirty politics.
The complaint states that, the said message was posted on October 20th through the Facebook account with the title, Mangalore Express News and the message was posted in the name of Muslim Friends, said BJP Dakshina Kannada district vice president, K P Jagadish Adhikari, and member of the district BJP executive, Sudarshan M, to whom the said message was directed.
The message which also posted photos of Adhikari and Sudarshan; read as “If you continue to play political gimmicks by creating enmity between Hindus and Muslims by spreading hatred among Hindus through communalism and inciting innocent people, our aim will be to eliminate selfish persons like you. Communal elements from the town will be our next target”.
In his complaint Sudarshan, stated that this is an attempt to disrupt harmony between Hindus and Muslims and is aimed at spreading unrest in the society. He said that he would continue to serve religion and society as in the past.
Leaders of Hindu organizations have condemned this threat and expressed anger at the response of the police in relation to this incident.
