2 min learnBengaluruUp to date: Aug 29, 2026 10:26 PM IST
A person acquitted in a 2015 homicide case was hacked to dying in public in Karnataka’s Hubballi on Friday afternoon, with the police suspecting the killing was linked to an outdated enmity.
In keeping with the police, the sufferer, Dadapeer Udayakar, was driving a two-wheeler close to Siddeshwara Park in Banashankari Structure in Vidyanagar round 1 pm when two unidentified males allegedly intercepted him and attacked him with sharp weapons. The assailants fled the spot after the assault.
In keeping with preliminary info, Udayakar was an accused within the 2015 homicide of an individual named Maruti. He was acquitted within the case in 2017, the police stated. Nevertheless, the police are but to establish whether or not the killing was related to the sooner case or any current enmity.
Senior police officers, together with Hubbali Metropolis Police Commissioner N Shashikumar, visited the spot and reviewed the circumstances. Police groups have been shaped to hint the attackers and CCTV footage from the world is being examined to determine their actions.
“We are attempting to zero down on the accused and can register a case,” Shashikumar advised the media on Friday. A senior police official stated the accused are but to be traced and additional investigation is underway.
