The Dakshina Kannada district police have registered a case and investigation is in progress to identify the alleged miscreants.

Five days after the police nabbed eight people in connection with the killing of a Bajrang Dal activist for allegedly expressing opposition to cattle trafficking, two BJP leaders on Saturday claimed that they received threats on their Facebook accounts.

The Dakshina Kannada district police have registered a case and investigation is in progress to identify the alleged miscreants. BJP vice-president of the Dakshina Kannada unit KP Jagadish Adhikari and party leader Sudarshan M alleged that they received messages on their Facebook accounts from an account which had the name Mangalore Express News.

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"If you continue to play political gimmicks by creating enmity between Hindus and Muslims and create hatred among Hindus through communalism and inciting innocent people, our aim will be to eliminate selfish people like you. Communal elements from the town will be our next target," the message read, according to complaints lodged by the two leaders.

The two leaders also accused the police of not taking their complaint seriously and not showing interest in tracking down the miscreants.

The duo suspects the involvement of people from Moodbidri in the issue and is taking the threats seriously.

"The police were quick to arrest Bhuvit Shetty suo moto following his tweet in which he threatened other rationalist following the death of writer Dr MM Kalburgi. But in our case, the police have not shown interest in nabbing the miscreants even after we lodged an official complaint," Jagadish alleged.

The communally-sensitive coastal Karnataka region continues to be on the boil following the murder of Bajrang Dal activist Prashanth Poojary in Moodbidri, 31 km from Mangaluru. The BJP has accused the local police of delaying the probe in the case and has threatened to launch a state wide agitation demanding the arrest of the accused, who Poojary had named before his death.

The saffron party has also demanded the transfer Mangaluru City Police Commissioner S Murugan and has accused him of being partial to the culprits.

Meanwhile, another accused in Poojary's murder was arrested on Saturday before he was to fly to Dubai from Mumbai airport.

"Acting on a look-out circular set by Mangaluru Police to all airports across the country, 40-year-old Mohammad Imtiaz Gantalkatte was picked up by immigration officials at Mumbai airport," Additional Director General of Police Alok Mohan told reporters in Mangaluru.

"A team has been sent to Mumbai to bring the accused back to Mangaluru for investigation," he said.