Overview
- In Hoolikatti near Savadatti in Karnataka’s Belagavi district, a man intercepted Basappa Hosamani on a public road on Monday evening and fatally attacked him.
- Hosamani had reportedly moved to Kolhapur after the alleged elopement and had only recently returned to the area for work.
- Investigators say the assailant used a sharp weapon, delivering roughly 16 blows that killed the victim at the scene.
- After the killing, the accused, identified as Erayya Mathapati, remained beside the body, reportedly stood on it, and phoned police before being detained.
- A murder case has been registered, the body sent to BIMS for postmortem, and police are reconstructing the sequence of events and working to recover the weapon.