A Bajrang Dal activist who actively participated in a campaign that led to the closure of a slaughter house in the Moodabidri region of Dakshina Kannada was hacked to death on October 9, reports the Indian Express.


Police have so far arrested eight Muslim men -- four on Tuesday and four last Sunday -- calling it a "revenge killing', the result of "communal rivalry'.


Police said 29-year-old Prashant Poojary, a flower-seller, was hacked to death outside his shop, some 40 km from Mangalore. The attack was carried out by a group of six men who came on motorcycles wearing masks and wielding knives.


File pic of Bajrang Dal activists protesting against the Aamir Khan-starrer PK demanding a ban on the movie.