Overview
- Violence broke out near Laxmi Complex in Sadashivanagar during a Kannada Rajyotsava procession on Saturday night.
- Four people suffered stab wounds and one sustained a head injury, with two described as serious, and all are being treated at BIMS Hospital.
- Doctors told police the injured are recovering, and a case has been registered under the APMC Police Station limits.
- The victims were identified as Gurunath Vakkund, Sachin Kamble, Lokesh Betageri, Mahesh Vinayak (also reported as Mahesh Sunkad), and Nazeer/Nazir Pathan.
- Police Commissioner Bhushan G. Borase visited the hospital as investigators pursue leads, including the possibility that outsiders were involved, and the motive remains under probe.