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|short_description=Praveen Poojary, a local BJP worker, was beaten to death by cow vigilantes in Udupi district, Karnataka, in August 2016 while transporting calves. | |short_description=Praveen Poojary, a local BJP worker, was beaten to death by cow vigilantes in Udupi district, Karnataka, in August 2016 while transporting calves. | ||
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'''Praveen Poojary''' was a 28-year-old tempo driver and local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker who was beaten to death in Udupi district, [[Karnataka]], on the night of 17 August 2016 by a group that suspected he was transporting cattle for slaughter.<ref name="tnm-2016" /><ref name="scroll-2016" /> His companion Akshay Devadiga was injured.<ref name="tnm-2016" /> Police arrested 18 members of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike in connection with the killing.<ref name="tnm-2016" /><ref name="wire-2016" /> | '''Praveen Poojary''' was a 28-year-old tempo driver and local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker who was beaten to death in Udupi district, [[Karnataka]], on the night of 17 August 2016 by a group that suspected he was transporting cattle for slaughter.<ref name="tnm-2016" /><ref name="scroll-2016" /> His companion Akshay Devadiga was injured.<ref name="tnm-2016" /> Police arrested 18 members of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike in connection with the killing.<ref name="tnm-2016" /><ref name="wire-2016" /> | ||