By Muralidhara Khajane / The Federal
Multilingual actor and director Prakash Raj, who has long been a harsh critic of Hindutva politics and right-wing extremism, shared a video on social media on Wednesday. In the video, a middle-aged person with vermillion ‘tilaka’ on the forehead and a saffron scarf around his neck threatened the vociferous actor of ‘eliminating’ him.
According to Prakash Raj, his only ‘crime’ was urging the state to act against ‘real’ perpetrators of crime in the rape and murder of 17-year-old Soujanya, whose body was found near Dharmasthala, a revered Hindu temple, in 2012. Dubbing Prakash Raj as a ‘traitor,’ the man in the video threatened the actor of ‘eliminating’ him if he failed to
apologise within 24 hours.
The video, originally posted on August 8, was shared by Prakash Raj on Wednesday (August 16) . Tagging the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, Home Minister G Parameshwara and the Karnataka Police, Prakash Raj commented in Kannada: “Nodrapaa.. uttara kumararu.. kole bedarike haaktaa iddare..yen
maadana vasi yoli” (See, cowards are threatening to kill me. You please advise what I have to do.”)
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