The Kalaburagi Police have arrested 10 persons in connection with the murder of the former Taluk Panchayat vice-president Lakshman Bilagi’s son Rahul Bilagi on September 2 on Aland-Bhusnoor Road in Kalaburagi district. Simmering enmity between two of political groups led by Apparao Patil and Lakshman Bilagi resulted in the murder of Rahul.
Superintendent of Police N. Shashi Kumar said that the family members of Apparao Patil along with their close associates killed Rahul following enmity for decades over various issues.
The police arrested 10 members, Nagaraj Apparao Patil, Sachin Annarao Patil, Sachin Shashikant Police Patil, Aslam B. Pagad, Hasan Faijusab Shaikh, Dawood Dastgir Pagad, Shankarrao S. Patil, Ashok S. Patil, Girish G. Gobbur and Suresh B. Yekkanchi, in this connection.
Mr. Shashi Kumar said that six of them were arrested on the charge of murder and four for hatching a plot to kill and also help the accused to escape. According to sources, the Patil family planned to eliminate Rahul to weaken his father’s strength in the village.
The police are on the lookout for four more absconding persons.