Bengaluru: Former BBMP Corporator and JD(S) leader Govindegowda (58) was brutally hacked to death by miscreants in Bengaluru on Saturday evening.
Govindegowda was on way to attend a meeting of party workers at Hegganahalli at about 5 pm when miscreants who followed him, brutally attacked him with lethal weapons even as he ran into a marriage hall on Hegganahalli main road in Rajagopalnagar to save himself.
Govindegowda, who sustained serious injuries in the assault, was rushed to a hospital in Sunkadakatte, where he succumbed a few minutes later.
Govindegowda, who was an accused in local BJP leader Chikkathimmegowda murder case, had recently come out of jail after getting bail, it is learnt.
This post was published on December 10, 2017 6:34 pm