Violence victim dies; JJ Nagar tense

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">bangalore: the bangalore police on wednesday imposed day curfew in the riot-torn j j nagar after one of the victims of last week''s violence succumbed in hospital. as soon as news of the death of r nagaraju spread, tension gripped j j nagar, forcing senior police officers to camp in the area. nagaraju is the first victim of the violence that broke out in bangalore after the controversial <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">shila daan </span>was performed in ayodhya on march 15.tension was palpable in j j nagar and the adjoining padarayanapura off mysore road when the body of nagaraju was brought back from the hospital. nagaraju had received grievous injuries in an attack on saturday night. nagaraju was with his nephews -- shankar and manju -- when an armed gang of about 12 persons accosted him. shankar recalled: ``four of the assailants were masked and were wielding swords. they charged towards us, headed straight for nagaraju but did not beat us up. one of the assailants hit nagaraju in the face with a portable tailoring machine. another slashed his face and neck. the third attacker slashed his arm. as nagaraju collapsed screaming in horror, one of the attackers crushed him with a boulder and left him for dead.'''' </div> </div>