Dharwad: Four men barged into the house of a Youth Congress leader in Dharwad, Karnataka, on Friday night and murdered him in front of his family.
The dead youth has been identified as Fairoz Pathan (32). He got married barely 15 days ago, family members said.
The assailants arrived between 9.30-10 pm at Pathan’s residence in the Malapur area of the city and attacked him, the city’s police commissioner N Shashikumar said, as reported by PTI.
The leader suffered severe bleeding and died on the spot, it was reported.
“We have already got some clues about the suspects, and our officers and staff have been assigned to trace them. Efforts are on to arrest the accused as soon as possible,” the commissioner told reporters.
He did not reveal much about political rivalry or previous enmity being a possible motive and said that he had spoken to the family.
“No. I spoke with his mother and his sister. They are only saying that whoever committed this act should be punished,” Shashikumar said.
“We have not yet
collected detailed information from them. Right now, family members and several leaders from their community have gathered here. They will lodge a complaint, and we will conduct a comprehensive investigation. Anyone who is directly or indirectly involved in the incident will be brought under the ambit of the law during the probe,” he added.
“If someone enters a house and carries out an attack, it indicates that it might have been planned in an organised manner. We will conduct a thorough investigation to find out who planned it and who executed it. The probe will be comprehensive, and action will be taken to ensure such incidents do not recur,” the CP said.
The entire act has been captured on nearby CCTV cameras, providing crucial leads for the investigation, a senior police officer has been quoted as saying.
The family claimed that Pathan was sitting outside his house when the incident occurred. His mother claimed that about four to five men arrived at the spot and approached him, following which he ran inside the house and bolted the door. However, the attackers broke open the door and entered the house armed with knives, she said, adding that everything had been captured on CCTV cameras.
The assailants attacked Pathan and also assaulted other people present in the house, including a woman, using whatever objects they could find, the family alleged. They also took away two mobile phones from the house.