Overview
- In Mysuru on Oct. 7, Venkatesh, also known as Gilki, was dragged from his car and hacked to death near Doddakere Maidan in a coordinated street attack.
- City police detained six suspects within 24 hours, seized vehicles and weapons, and are examining a possible link to the earlier murder of rowdy-sheeter Karthik.
- In Gangavati early on Oct. 8, BJP Yuva Morcha president Venkatesh Kurubara was rammed off his motorcycle and assaulted with machetes and iron rods near a hospital, dying at the scene.
- Koppal police say a long-standing feud involving a man named Ravi is the suspected motive; four suspects have been arrested, the alleged getaway car with weapons was recovered, and others are being traced.
- Special teams, CCTV reviews, and intensified patrols were deployed in both cities as investigators question detainees and pursue remaining accused.