BENGALURU/HUBBALLI: The homicide of a corporator’s daughter on a school campus in Hubballi sparked a row between Congress and opposition BJP in Karnataka, resulting in heated responses from the sufferer’s father, who’s a member of Congress.Neha Hiremath, 23, daughter of Congress Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Company corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to dying on the campus of BVB Faculty Thursday.The suspect, Fayaz Khondunaik, who fled the scene, was later arrested. Neha was a first-year grasp of laptop Functions scholar. Fayaz was earlier her classmate.Whereas Congress mentioned the incident was the results of a private tiff, BJP dubbed it love jihad (which it makes use of to explain instances of allegedly compelled inter-faith marriage) and failure of regulation and order.BJP’s scholar wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, additionally protested, guaranteeing closure of faculties and schools in Hubballi-Dharwad, whereas demanding justice and calling for extreme punishment for the suspect. Related protests have been reported in different districts, together with Belagavi and Bengaluru.Pralhad Joshi, Union minister and BJP candidate for Dharwad Lok Sabha seat, mentioned the incident was the results of ‘love jihad’ and alleged a “full deterioration of regulation and order” underneath the Congress govt. Senior BJP functionary Basavaraj Bommai mentioned the govt. should take this very severely, and a SIT (particular investigation staff) must be shaped.Reacting to the allegations, dwelling minister G Parameshwara mentioned there isn’t a “love jihad” angle to the incident. “As per my data, they have been in love. The boy is alleged to have stabbed the woman as she tried to distance herself from him.”Chief minister Siddaramaiah mentioned private causes have been behind the homicide. “The law-and-order scenario in Karnataka is sweet.”Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar mentioned the govt. will act as per regulation, and nobody ought to take regulation into their arms. “Throughout Bommai’s time (as CM), such incidents occurred. They have been attributable to private causes, however we’re very agency in coping with such varieties of criminals,” he mentioned.An offended Hiremath lashed out at his occasion brass saying his daughter was killed for turning down the accused’s proposal. “How will you conclude it occurred due to private causes? No woman ought to bear the trauma my daughter underwent. I really feel ‘love jihad’ is spreading quickly,” he mentioned.
