A local BJP leader here has triggered a controversy by declaring Rs 10 lakh cash prize for those who behead a Moulvi for his alleged anti-India remarks in Hubballi.
Abdul Habeeb Imam Saab, while addressing a gathering during Eid Milad function, had stated that Ganeshpet in Hubballi resembled Pakistan and there was no need to visit Pakistan to see it.
H G Dawoodkhan, ACP (North) and Shivanand S Chalawadi, police inpsector Hubballi town were present on the dais when Saab made the controversial statement.
Basavaraj Yankanji, BJP Youth Morcha General Secretary stated that he would give Rs 10 lakh cash prize for beheading Saab.
Yankanji justified his statement by saying that statement like beheading a person is required when an issue of nationality is involved.