'D-Boss'-style death threat alleged by auto union leader

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: They will kill me in the same manner that D-Boss did with Renukaswamy,” said Auto Union Leader Raghu Narayan Gowda while addressing a gathering at a protest in Freedom Park on Wednesday. Raghu highlighted that a person named Shivakumar SB from the Bike Taxi Welfare Association, who claimed to be a group captain in their social media group, threatened to kill him.

According to Raghu, Shivukumar stated he would kill him in the same way as Renukaswamy, following increased violence from their side.

In response, a complaint has been filed at Begur Police Station. News Trail crosschecked the details, to realise that in response, Adi Narayan, president of the Bike Taxi Welfare Association, said, “We regulate our duties by providing bike-taxi services to the society. We perform our duties peacefully and earn our daily wages to meet our family’s basic needs like food, clothing and shelter. We were planning an event for our members and started a WhatsApp group for this purpose. It was an open group, and some miscreants commented on their frustrations before deleting them."