22 August 2006
Hitendra Prasad
Beating
A weekly news paper editor was killed by some miscreants at Manipal on Monday, midnight.
Hitendra Prasad (38) was the Publisher\Editor of Hai Maruta Newspaper of Udupi district. This newspaper was publishing news from Udupi and Mangalore districts.
According to the police, he went to Manipal for reporting the protest against a live band club, while he was attacked by the miscreants. It is learnt that, his wife was sitting in the car in the front seat and witnessed the attack by the mob. The body was on the crime spot for more than half an hour and at that time Prasad was seriously injured.
Later the Manipal police took him to KMC hospital where the victim died at 12.30 pm midnight.
