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Congress leader David D’Souza shot dead in Karnataka’s Udupi
David D'Souza, a local Congress leader and former panchayat president, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in Padubidri, Udupi district, on Friday. Police said the attackers arrived in a vehicle and…
The Story in Brief
David D'Souza, a local Congress leader and former panchayat president, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in Padubidri, Udupi district, on Friday. Police said the attackers arrived in a vehicle and opened fire, injuring D'Souza critically. He died while being taken to hospital.
D'Souza had been convicted in the suicide case of Rev Fr Mahesh, an assistant priest at a local church, and served a jail term, Times Now reports. Police are investigating multiple angles, including personal and business rivalries, and are examining CCTV footage and witness accounts. No arrests have been made.
The Indian Opinion
The killing of a local Congress leader will inevitably be pulled into the usual cycle of political blame and conspiracy theories. What is often lost is the mundane reality that many such crimes in coastal Karnataka stem from business rivalries or personal feuds, not high political intrigue. The police must be pressed to produce a concrete motive. The key test will be whether they can show a link to D'Souza's past conviction in the priest's suicide case, or whether this was a settling of accounts between contractors.
Sources (2): timesnownews.com, indiatoday.in
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