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The two families allegedly own 80 acres each. Ilkal Rural police registered a case and launched a search for the accused.
Police said Mangaladevi was working in the field when Channappagouda arrived in the Bolero, allegedly drove over her and fled. “Though it’s a minor issue to resolve amicably, they intended to murder my mother,” she alleged. Mangaladevi Nadagoudar sustained serious injuries and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bagalkot. Police identified the accused as her brother-in-law, Channappagouda Nadagoudar. A mobile phone video reportedly captured her daughter, Priyanka, pleading with her uncle not to drive over her mother. Priyanka alleged that Channappagouda and his son had removed stones placed after the survey.
Mangaladevi and Channappagouda had reportedly been embroiled in a property dispute for several years over allegations that he had encroached on two acres of a roughly six-acre plot. After her husband died six months ago, Mangaladevi arranged a land survey, fenced the disputed portion and sowed crops about a month ago. Channappagouda, allegedly angered by her actions, ploughed over the cultivated field.
Bagalkot : A man allegedly tried to kill his sister-in-law by driving a Bolero over her following a long-standing property dispute in Kandagal village of Bagalkote district on Friday evening.
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Bagalkot SP Siddharth Goyal said special teams had been sent to Ballari and Vijayapura to trace Channappagouda. District minister Vijayanand Kashappanavar, former minister SR Patil and others visited Mangaladevi in hospital and assured action. Download the TOI App.