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Cops yet to establish exact motive for Rudresh's killing

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Police are looking at various motives behind the killing of RSS worker R Rudresh, 38. Was it personal enmity, communal conflict, political rivalry or ideological clash that led to the murder?

A senior police officer, who is part of the investigation team, suspects it to be a combination of personal, political and communal conflicts. Rudresh was mandal president of the RSS shakha at Shivajinagar and secretary of the BJP's Shivajinagar Assembly constituency unit. He had managed to bring some local Muslim leaders into the BJP's fold. His rise to political prominence unnerved many, including some within the BJP.

The slain RSS worker was also a self-styled cow vigilante. During Bakrid in September, he had tipped the police off about animal slaughter in eastern Bengaluru, leading to raids on abattoirs and the arrest of several people. At the same time, he organised the Ganesha Chaturthi festival on a large scale and fought with many people over erecting a pandal at Shivaji Circle, the officer said.

This apart, Rudresh would regularly fight with one of the suspects — Mohammed Sadiq alias Mohammed Mazhar, 35, a resident of JC Nagar. Police suspect that Sadiq was the man who rode the motorbike along with Waseem Ahmad, 30, from Austin Town, and the two waylaid Rudresh on Kamaraj Road. Ahmad went on to fatally hack Rudresh while Sadiq kept the motorcycle's ignition on, according to police.

Sadiq, the officer said, owns an automobile repair shop on Milkman Street, Shivajinagar, where Rudresh lived. Rudresh had asked Sadiq to stop test-riding motorcycles at top speed on the narrow street, saying women and children walk there. Sadiq asked him to mind his own business. The argument blew into fisticuffs on a few occasions. Rudresh was also making constant efforts to evict Sadiq from the locality.

Another officer, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Sadiq had told his friends about Rudresh troubling him and other Muslims. The friends spoke of "eliminating" Rudresh.

Police say that one of the suspects could be associated with the banned group, al-Ummah, though they are yet to verify it. Rudresh's murder was similar to the killings of RSS workers in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. "Assailants in all the cases are found to have been trained in carrying out the attacks. A layman cannot do it," the officer said. CID, CCB, ex-cops also worked on case

Since it was a sensitive case, sleuths of the CID, the CCB and some retired police officers were roped in to trace the suspects. "We identified retired officers who had served in Bengaluru as they know the areas well. They played a key role in cracking the case," P Harishekaran, Additional Commissioner of Police (East), said.
Police are looking at various motives behind the killing of RSS worker R Rudresh, 38. Was it personal enmity, communal conflict, political rivalry or ideological clash that led to the murder?

A senior police officer, who is part of the investigation team, suspects it to be a combination of personal, political and communal conflicts. Rudresh was mandal president of the RSS shakha at Shivajinagar and secretary of the BJP’s Shivajinagar Assembly constituency unit. He had managed to bring some local Muslim leaders into the BJP’s fold. His rise to political prominence unnerved many, including some within the BJP.

The slain RSS worker was also a self-styled cow vigilante. During Bakrid in September, he had tipped the police off about animal slaughter in eastern Bengaluru, leading to raids on abattoirs and the arrest of several people. At the same time, he organised the Ganesha Chaturthi festival on a large scale and fought with many people over erecting a pandal at Shivaji Circle, the officer said.

This apart, Rudresh would regularly fight with one of the suspects — Mohammed Sadiq alias Mohammed Mazhar, 35, a resident of JC Nagar. Police suspect that Sadiq was the man who rode the motorbike along with Waseem Ahmad, 30, from Austin Town, and the two waylaid Rudresh on Kamaraj Road. Ahmad went on to fatally hack Rudresh while Sadiq kept the motorcycle’s ignition on, according to police.

Sadiq, the officer said, owns an automobile repair shop on Milkman Street, Shivajinagar, where Rudresh lived. Rudresh had asked Sadiq to stop test-riding motorcycles at top speed on the narrow street, saying women and children walk there. Sadiq asked him to mind his own business. The argument blew into fisticuffs on a few occasions. Rudresh was also making constant efforts to evict Sadiq from the locality.

Another officer, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Sadiq had told his friends about Rudresh troubling him and other Muslims. The friends spoke of "eliminating” Rudresh.

Police say that one of the suspects could be associated with the banned group, al-Ummah, though they are yet to verify it. Rudresh’s murder was similar to the killings of RSS workers in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. "Assailants in all the cases are found to have been trained in carrying out the attacks. A layman cannot do it,” the officer said. CID, CCB, ex-cops also worked on case

Since it was a sensitive case, sleuths of the CID, the CCB and some retired police officers were roped in to trace the suspects. "We identified retired officers who had served in Bengaluru as they know the areas well. They played a key role in cracking the case,” P Harishekaran, Additional Commissioner of Police (East), said.

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