Belthangady: Minimum five persons were injured and hospitalized when a gang attacked them with a talwar following an old rivalry on Monday night.

According to a complaint, two sons of auto driver Abdul Rahman (55), Razak (26) and Rafeeq (25), had come to their home following a function near Guruvayanekere on Monday evening. After the function, Razak had gone out on a bike. While returning from there, Safwan (24), Sharook (23) and Irshad (20) and others; who were waiting for him with a Talawar near Aramalebetta entrance, attacked Razak, his father and two brothers with the talwar. Meantime, an auto driver Hamza (27), who rushed to save them, was also attacked brutally.  The miscreants fled the scene after the crime.

The injured Rahman and his children, Razak and Rafeeq, have been admitted to a Mangaluru Hospital. Auto driver Hamza has been admitted to Guruvayanakere hospital and is undergoing treatment. Safwan team who carried the attack has fled the scene after the attack, Police sources said.

Belthangady police visited the spot and investigation is on.

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Raichur: Four people, including three students, were killed when a tyre of the Cruiser vehicle they were traveling in burst, resulting in the vehicle rolling sideways on the stretch near Arginamara Camp in Sindhanur taluk on Tuesday night.

The deceased have been identified as Hayavadana (18), Sujayedra (22) and Abhilash (20), who were students of the Guru Sarvabhauma Samskrita Vidyapeetha in Mantralaya, Andhra Pradesh, and cruiser driver Kamsali Shiva (24). Ten other travelers were seriously injured and are being treated at the Sindhanur Taluk Hospital.

The accident occurred while the group was traveling from Mantralaya at attend an event for the worship of Narahari Theertha near Anegundi in Koppal district. The vehicle tyre burst near the Sindhanur Vaishnavi Devi Gudi Cross on the Raichur-Sindhanur main road. As a result, the driver lost control of the vehicle, which toppled on the road.

A case has been registered at the Sindhanur Traffic Police Station in this regard. The officers are investigating.