MANGALURU: Tension prevailed in Muslim-dominated areas of Surathkal in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district on Friday following the murder of a youth on Thursday night.
The police have been put in a tight spot since the murder took place even as chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and home minister Araga Jnanendra were leaving for Bengaluru on Thursday evening, after visiting the kin of slain BJP worker Praveen Nettaru at Bellare in Sullia taluk.