Dakshina Kannada, July 27 (TIWN) A BJP Yuva morcha worker in Karnataka's coastal district of Dakshina Kannada has been murdered by unknown miscreants.

As a protest, the Hindu organisations have given a bandh call in Puttur, Sullia and Kadaba taluks of the district on Wednesday. Security has been beefed up across the communally sensitive district and coastal region.  With the activists alleging that the murder is a revenge killing by miscreants belonging to minority community, the incident has taken a communal turn.