Udupi Murders

The prime suspect in the murder of four members of a family in Udupi has been arrested, police sources said on Wednesday.

A family of four including a 12-year-old boy was found murdered in Karnataka's coastal Udupi town. One was left injured. The motive of the crime is under investigation and the suspects are still at large, police sources said.

Four members of a family were found dead under mysterious circumstances at their residence in Tripti Nagar locality of Nejar in Karnataka's Udupi district on Sunday, the police said.

The vice principal of a college in Karnataka's Udupi, which was the first to ban the hijab on campus, has alleged the murder of a 25-year-old member of the right-wing Bajrang Dal in the state was linked to the controversy over the hijab ban.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who coined the phrase "ease of doing murder" during an earlier visit to Karnataka, repeated the accusation again today. BJP workers, he said, are being murdered in the state for their ideology. Speaking in Udupi, where the second of his three rallies of the day was being held, PM Modi took on the Congress.

The countdown to Karnataka assembly election 2018 - expected to see a close battle between the BJP and Congress - has begun and senior leaders from both the parties are headed to the poll-bound state for the final showdown before the polling day on May 12.

The prime suspect in the murder of four members of a family in Udupi has been arrested, police sources said on Wednesday.

A family of four including a 12-year-old boy was found murdered in Karnataka's coastal Udupi town. One was left injured. The motive of the crime is under investigation and the suspects are still at large, police sources said.

Four members of a family were found dead under mysterious circumstances at their residence in Tripti Nagar locality of Nejar in Karnataka's Udupi district on Sunday, the police said.

The vice principal of a college in Karnataka's Udupi, which was the first to ban the hijab on campus, has alleged the murder of a 25-year-old member of the right-wing Bajrang Dal in the state was linked to the controversy over the hijab ban.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who coined the phrase "ease of doing murder" during an earlier visit to Karnataka, repeated the accusation again today. BJP workers, he said, are being murdered in the state for their ideology. Speaking in Udupi, where the second of his three rallies of the day was being held, PM Modi took on the Congress.

The countdown to Karnataka assembly election 2018 - expected to see a close battle between the BJP and Congress - has begun and senior leaders from both the parties are headed to the poll-bound state for the final showdown before the polling day on May 12.