Hubballi (Karnataka) [India], April 25 : The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) workers on Wednesday carried out a protest outside the BVB college campus in Karnataka's Hubballi over the murder of 23-year-old Neha Hiremath.
The protest was held outside the same college campus where the Congress Councillor of Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, Niranjan Hiremath's daughter Neha Hiremath was stabbed and murdered.
NSUI Dharwad district unit despite being the Congress party's student union expressed disgust with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government.
The NSUI has requested to hand over the murder case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Hubli-Dharwad District NSUI Unit in a letter wrote to the Karnataka government stating that a massive protest was held condemning the gruesome killing of Neha Hiremutt. They requested the Commissioner of Police that in this case the culprit should be given life imprisonment without any delay or must be encountered as soon as possible.
The letter further mentioned, "The matter should be handed over to the CBI. We hereby request the Government through the Commissioner of Police."
The NSUI further warned the Karnataka government, "If justice is not delivered for the gruesome murder of Neha Hiremutt soon, the NSUI organisation along with the students will wage a fierce struggle in the coming days until justice is served."
Meanwhile, Niranjan Hiremath, the Congress councillor and father of Neha Hiremath, who was stabbed to death by a stalker on her college campus, alleged on Wednesday that old photographs and video clips of his daughter were being circulated on social media to divert public attention from the severity of the crime.
A political war of words erupted in the immediate aftermath of the murder, with the BJP accusing the ruling Congress of deliberately misleading the probe to protect its 'vote bank' and the Congress claiming that the former was 'politicising' the incident ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in the state.