47-year-old man who was attacked after murder of Hindu activist dies

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A 47-year-old man who was assaulted by four men, apparently in retaliation to the killing of a Hindu activist near here, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital here yesterday, the police said.

Basheer was attacked at Kottara Chowki near here within hours of 28-year-old Deepak Rao, associated with Bajrang Dal and BJP, being hacked to death at Katipalla on January 3, triggering tension in the communally-sensitive Dakshina Kannada district.

The police said Basheer, who had been battling for life for four days in a hospital, breathed his last at 8.30 am. All the four people involved in the murderous assault on Basheer, two from the city and two others from Manjeshwar and Kasaragod in Kerala, have been arrested.

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