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Neha, a 23-year-old student and daughter of Congress corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to death, allegedly by her former classmate, on the premises of her college in Dharwad on 18 April, sparking widespread protests..
At Nehas house in Hubballi, which ThePrint visited Sunday, a shamiana (tent) has been set up to seat the media, police, political leaders and well-wishers who have been pouring in ever since she was killed...
While the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government has formed a special investigation team (SIT) and a fast-track court to probe Nehas murder, the killing has become a flashpoint in the state, intensifying the ongoing Lok Sabha election campaign...
For them (Congress), there is no value of daughters like Neha, but they are thinking about their vote bank, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a crowd at an election rally Sunday in Belagavi, about 90 km away from Hubballi...
The PM and BJP leaders are further drumming up the killing of Neha as a case of love jihad, while also bringing up other incidents like the Rameshwaram Cafe blast in Bengaluru this March and the alleged raising of pro-Pakistan slogans by supporters of a winning Congress candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections...
