35-year-old Gopal was a member of a local cattle protection group and he had been involved in several cases where smuggling of stolen cattle was stopped by locals.
AIMIM's national spokesperson has teased recently that the party is entering Bengal politics and it is up to Mamata whether she will take them as friends or foes.
On Sunday, the victim of the Unnao rape case was travelling to Rae Bareli with her two aunts, and her lawyer Mahendra Singh when their vehicle was hit by a truck, rendering them critically injured.
His body has been kept at Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru, from where it will be taken to Chettanahalli estate near Mudigere. The cremation is likely to be held today.