Translations:Killing of Praveen Poojary/14/en

Devadiga, who was hospitalised in a critical condition, said that a group of about 25 men had attacked them with iron rods after the vehicle stopped and that the man who had hired the vehicle fled. He said the attackers did not stop to ask questions even after the two said they were Hindus. A police official told Scroll.in that Poojary had been singled out because he had grown a beard, and described the attack as a misjudgement in the dark.