The president of a private school management was stabbed to death in Magadi Road police station limits on Sunday morning.
The victim Ranganath, who was running Havanur Public School at Basaveshwaranagar, was assaulted by three men and stabbed to death in the school office.
The police suspect civil dispute to have been the cause of the murder. According to the police, there was a longstanding dispute over a CA site adjacent to the school premises.
Recently, a court gave a verdict in favour of the school, and accordingly, on October 12, Bangalore Development Authority sent people to evict the family that was residing on the premises. Part of the house was razed after which some of the family members were allegedly upset with the school management for rendering them homeless.
According to the police, on Sunday morning, three members of the family wanted to meet the school management to settle the dispute. Ranganath invited them to his office, but an argument ensued, and one of the three men stabbed him. The trio then fled from the spot. Ranganath was taken to a local hospital where he was declared brought dead, the police said.
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A team of officials from Magadi Road and K.P. Agrahara stations went in search of the accused. Based on a tip-off, the police rounded them up near Kirloskar Poultry Road. One of the accused, Muniraju, assaulted the police constables, upon which they fired three rounds of shots, injuring him on the leg. He was then shifted to Victoria Hospital.
The police are on the lookout for the other two attackers.