<p>A youth was hacked to death on Monday night at Nidigere village in Sakleshpur taluk for informing police about illegal sand mining in Hemavathi waters.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder and registered cases against 15 people, including former zilla panchayat member D C Sannaswamy.<br /><br />The victim, identified as Ajay Sakbal (27), a resident of the village, had informed the police control room about illegal sand mining and the presence of excavators and lorries on the river basin.<br /><br />Arun Sakbal, the victim’s elder brother in a complaint to the police, has stated that a 15-member gang intercepted Ajay’s vehicle and attacked him with lethal weapons, killing him on the spot.<br /><br />Members of various dalit organisations blocked the Bengaluru-Mangaluru highway demanding CID probe into the murder. <br /><br />They also sought a CBI probe into illegal sand mining in the taluk. <br /></p>
<p>A youth was hacked to death on Monday night at Nidigere village in Sakleshpur taluk for informing police about illegal sand mining in Hemavathi waters.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder and registered cases against 15 people, including former zilla panchayat member D C Sannaswamy.<br /><br />The victim, identified as Ajay Sakbal (27), a resident of the village, had informed the police control room about illegal sand mining and the presence of excavators and lorries on the river basin.<br /><br />Arun Sakbal, the victim’s elder brother in a complaint to the police, has stated that a 15-member gang intercepted Ajay’s vehicle and attacked him with lethal weapons, killing him on the spot.<br /><br />Members of various dalit organisations blocked the Bengaluru-Mangaluru highway demanding CID probe into the murder. <br /><br />They also sought a CBI probe into illegal sand mining in the taluk. <br /></p>
