Channappagouda Nadagoudar reportedly tried to run over his sister-in-law, Mangaladevi, amid a bitter property dispute
A case has been registered at Ilkal Rural police station, and police have launched a search operation to trace and arrest the accused.
Priyanka said stones had been placed to mark the boundary after the survey, but Channappagouda and his son removed them. “Though it’s a minor issue to resolve amicably, they intended to murder my mother,” she alleged. Mangaladevi was reportedly working in her field when Channappagouda arrived in a Bolero and allegedly drove over her before fleeing the scene. A video recorded on a mobile phone reportedly shows Mangaladevi’s daughter, Priyanka, pleading with her uncle not to drive over her mother as the incident unfolded.
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Bagalkot SP Siddharth Goyal told TOI that he had formed special teams to trace the accused. We will arrest him in a day or two,” he said. District minister Vijayanand Kashappanavar, former minister SR Patil and others visited the injured woman in hospital and assured her family that action would be taken against the accused. “A team is sent to Ballari while another is sent to Vijayapura. Download the TOI App.
Mangaladevi and Channappagouda had been involved in a property dispute for several years, according to reports. The dispute reportedly centred on allegations that Channappagouda had encroached on two acres of land out of a total of around six acres. After Mangaladevi’s husband died six months ago, she arranged for the land to be surveyed, fenced the disputed portion and sowed crops about a month ago. Enraged by these actions, Channappagouda allegedly ploughed over the cultivated field.
BAGALKOT: A man allegedly attempted to kill his sister-in-law by running her over with a Bolero vehicle following a long-standing property dispute in Kandagal village of Bagalkot district on Friday evening.
Both families allegedly own 80 acres of land each. The woman, Mangaladevi Nadagoudar, sustained serious injuries and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bagalkot. The accused has been identified as her brother-in-law, Channappagouda Nadagoudar.