Bengaluru, Dec 10: A former councillor in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and Janata Dal (Secular) leader Govinde Gowda, 58, was hacked to death in Hegganahalli cross on the city’s outskirts on Saturday.
Around 4.30 p.m., Gowda was allegedly waylaid on the main road by a group of men armed with machetes and knives, said the Rajagopal Nagar Police, who are investigating the case. Noticing that the attackers came towards him, Gowda attempted to run into a kalyan mantapa, where the group attacked him and stabbed him.
He was severely injured following the attack and was taken to a hospital in Sunkadakatte where he died, the police said.
Prima facie, said the police, the attack seemed to stem from a violent rivalry between two gangs.
It was in November 2016 that Gowda and his wife, Varamahalakshmi, 47, — also a former councillor — were arrested for allegedly hiring nine hitmen to kill Chikka Thimme Gowda, a local BJP leader.
This had escalated a turf war into a series of violent attacks, said the police, who believe that Saturday’s attack could also have been done through hitmen. It was only recently that Gowda was released on bail.










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