“The reason behind my son’s murder is still unknown. On July 4, 2018, at around 9.20pm, Sharath was closing his laundry shop for the day when three miscreants arrived on a bike and attacked him with swords. I am alive only because I want justice to be delivered, otherwise I am almost dead inside,” Taniyappa told this reporter when News18 visited their home. Have they forgotten that my son gave up his life for the RSS? He was a dedicated worker, a boy with a heart of gold. Except for family and a few friends, nobody else was present. “A few days ago, we conducted a pooja on his death anniversary. Sharath’s face is a cruel reminder of how despite promises, the case remains unresolved till date. He says he wanted to put up a big picture of Sharath in their sparsely furnished sitting room, but is yet to gather the courage to do so. Sharath’s father Taniyappa Madiwala walks around the ‘smaraka’ or memorial built in the memory of his son just a few metres away from their newly constructed home. His murder is suspected to have been in retaliation to the murder of Ashraf Kalayi, a member of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), a couple of weeks earlier. It has been five years and 22 days since Sharath Madiwala, an RSS worker, was hacked to death by miscreants just as he was downing the shutter of his family-run ‘Udaya Laundry’ on BC Road in Dakshin Kannada.
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