25 March,2011 06:54 AM IST | | Bindiya Carmeline Thomas
The state president of the Dalit Hindulaya Kriya Samithi was stabbed to death in Gulbarga Colony in Tilak Nagar at about 8.30 pm last night. S Manjunath (pictured), left home at about 7.30 pm after receiving a call to meet a friend. However, barely an hour later his body was found on the roadside a few metres from his home.
Manjunath sustained a single stab injury to the upper left thigh, which has severed a major artery and led to death by profuse bleeding. Residents of Gulbarga Colony rushed him to NIMHANS by 9 pm, where he was declared dead.u00a0
Manjunath's friends and family are clueless as to why anybody would want to harm him. Bodhiappa, Manjunath's uncle, said, "I don't know why anyone would want to take his life. He was a good man and did a lot to help people."u00a0
Meanwhile, members of Manjunath's family have filed a complaint at Tilak Nagar police station. Harsha P S, DCP (South East), said, "We're awaiting the post-mortem report and cannot definitively comment until then. Since we've established that he had no real enemies, we are assuming that it is a case of murder due to a personal matter." Manjunath's body was taken to Victoria Hospital at about 2 amu00a0 for autopsy.
