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Bollywood
actress
Raveena
Tandon
and
filmmaker
Manish
Mundra
on
February
21
condemned
the
killing
of
a
23-year-old
Bajrang
Dal
activist
in
Karnataka.
Harsha
was
allegedly
attacked
by
unidentified
assailants
on
Sunday
night
at
the
Ravi
Varma
lane
in
Bharathi
Colony.
The
town,
around
250
km
from
the
state
capital
Bengaluru,
had
recently
seen
disruption
in
some
colleges
over
the
hijab
row.
The
reason
behind
the
killing
is
not
immediately
known.
“#JusticeForHarsha” was
trending
on
Twitter,
with
several
users
demanding
justice
for
the
young
activist.
“#JusticeForHarsha,”
Tandon
simply
wrote.
Mundra,
best
known
for
backing
National
Film
Award-winning
Newton
and
Masaan,
called
the
killing
“another
mob
lynching” and
demanded
justice
for
Harsha.
“We
will
trend
#JusticeForHarsha
and
sleep.
Then
will
wait
for
another
mob
lynching
for
the
new
trend.
Time
to
wake
up!!”
Mundra
said.
As
the
incident
sparked
tension,
the
district
administration
clamped
prohibitory
orders
for
two
days
and
announced
closure
of
schools
and
colleges
on
Monday.
Violence
broke
out
during
Harsha’s
funeral
procession
that
left
a
photojournalist
and
a
woman
cop
among
three
injured.
They
were
injured
when
miscreants
pelted
stones
during
the
funeral
procession
that
took
place
amid
tight
security
on
Monday,
even
as
several
vehicles
were
torched
and
damaged
while
there
were
reports
of
some
shops
being
ransacked.
According
to
official
sources,
there
was
stone
pelting
when
Harsha’s
body
was
being
taken
from
District
McGann
Hospital.
Two
persons
have
been
arrested
in
connection
with
the
murder,
police
said.
Story first published: Tuesday, February 22, 2022, 0:42 [IST]