Gadag: Four members of family were hacked to death by some unknown miscreants in Gadag’s Dasar Oni in the wee hours of Friday.
Miscreants broke into Gadag Betageri City Municipal Council vice president Sunanda Bakale’s house and killed her son Karthik, 27, her relative Parshuram, 55, his wife Laxmi, 45, and his daughter Akakansha, 16, who were fast asleep on the first floor of Sunanda’s house.
According to Superintendent of Police BS Nemagoud, the miscreants broke into the house and killed the four who were sleeping in the house using knives. They tried to enter the bedroom of Sunanda and her husband Prakash Bakale, but the couple did not open the door, hearing the screaming. They dialled the police immediately.
When the police reached the spot, the miscreants escaped from the house, abandoning murder weapons, three knives, and a pair of gold bangles in the backyard of the house.
Parshuram, his wife Laxmi and Daughter Akankshan came to Gadag to attend engagement ceremony of Karthik which was held on April 17 from Koppal.
A team from the FSL dog squad arrived at the spot, and the police are gathering more information. The reason for the murder is not yet known. The police are conducting an investigation from all angles.
