VHP functionary killed in Hoshangabad

Ravi Vishwakarma, VHP functionary attached to its cow protection wing, was brutally killed in Pipariya town of Hoshangabad in a broad daylight by an unidentified group of people, who were armed with a country-made pistol, hammers and sticks.

Hoshangabad: A Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) functionary attached to its cow protection wing was killed by a group of people in Pipariya town of the district, police said.

Ravi Vishwakarma (35), the district in charge of the VHP's 'gau raksha' wing, was returning from Hoshangabad with two others in a car on Friday when the incident took place, Pipariya police station in-charge Satish Andhwan said.

"The attack took place at around 7 pm. A group of ten people attacked Vishwakarma and two others in the car with sharp-edged weapons. They then shot two rounds, one of which hit Vishwakarma in the chest, killing him on the spot. The other two also received injuries. The attackers fled," Andhwan said.

Ravi Vishwakarma, VHP functionary

"We have registered a case against ten people and efforts are on to nab them. It may be a fallout of an old enmity between Vishwakarma and the attackers. He was the district in charge of the VHP's gau raksha wing," the official added.

Meanwhile, the VHP has termed it a "planned murder".