Update:

Benagluru: Reacting to a BJP leader’s controversial comment of beheading the CM, Siddaramaiah himself said, “It is a provocative statement. I will ask the police to inquire into it. If it is true, they will definitely take action.”

“If I say I will eat, how will it harm majority community? Don’t we eat other kinds of meat? Food habit is an individual’s choice and should be left to them; no one should interfere with it. Interfering and attacking one’s rights is not correct. It is against the Constitution. It is against individual liberty, it should not be done. Let us inquire if he (Channabasappa) has made such statement. If he had made such statement, we may have to take action in accordance with law,” Siddaramaiah said.

Shivamogga SP Ravi Channannavar said an FIR has been registered against Channabasappa for threat to the personal life of the Chief Minister.

Earlier report:

Will behead Siddaramaiah if he eats beef in Shivamogga: BJP leader

Shivamogga: A local BJP leader has challenged Chief Minister to eat beef at Gopi Circle here with a warning that he would be beheaded.

Speaking during a protest held on November 2 condemning the CM’s statement that he would eat beef if he wanted to, S N Channabasappa, a former president of the erstwhile Shivamogga City Municipal Council said that the CM had hurt the sentiments of lakhs of Hindus adding that he latter’s statement had brought disgrace to the CM’s post.

“If he wants to eat beef, let him eat it here at Gopi Circle. Hindu activists and I will surely behead him. There is no second thought to it,” he asserted.