Overview
- Police say a group of assailants attacked people clearing contested farmland in Govindapura village, Vijayapura district, killing six on Friday and injuring two.
- Authorities identified five of the dead as members of the Nirale family and the sixth as an associate, and victims were taken to Vijayapura hospitals for postmortem and treatment.
- Investigators say 15–20 attackers used chilli powder, machetes and firearms in a sudden assault that began during a mediation meeting about the land.
- Chadachan police have registered a murder case, sent SOCO and fingerprint teams to the scene, deployed KSRP and DAR units and launched search operations while no arrests have been publicly reported.
- Officials say the Nirale family bought about 10–25 acres of the disputed land roughly six months ago and detectives are probing links to a 2015 murder that left nearby plots abandoned.