Two stabbed to death during cricket match in Bengaluru

Vartha Bharati | 18-02-2023 | 17:35:00 IST

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Bengaluru, Feb 18: Two persons were killed in a clash during a cricket match in a village near Doddaballapura in Bengaluru rural district, police said on Saturday.

According to police, the incident occurred in village Dodda Belamangala where a second pre-university college student Prateek (17) and BE graduate D S Bharat Kumar (23) were stabbed to death following a clash between two groups during a cricket match.

The tennis ball cricket tournament was organised by a BJP leader aspiring to contest the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, sources said.

Some Congress workers came in cars and parked the vehicles, causing a hindrance to the game, eye-witnesses said. The clash took place when people objected to it and those who arrived in the cars refused to leave the ground. Angered at their refusal to leave, those playing the match damaged the cars and broke the glasses.

It is said the two who were killed were wearing the T-shirt of their team and were standing at the bus stop when the members of the group whose cars were damaged took out sharp weapons and stabbed them to death. Later, they fled the spot.

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Five killed after being run over by truck in MP's Dindori

12-04-2026 ¦ 12-04-2026 IST

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Dindori (PTI): Five men were killed and one person was injured after being run over by a truck on a highway in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori district in the early hours of Sunday, police said.

The incident occurred around 1 am on the Jabalpur-Amarkantak National Highway near Kikratalaab village under Gadasarai police station limits when the victims were returning home in a pickup vehicle, they said.

A tyre of the vehicle got punctured, following which the driver started changing it and the occupants got out of the vehicle.

"A speeding truck ran over them. The driver told us he dozed off and could not see the victims," Dindori Superintendent of Police Vahni Singh told PTI.

The truck driver claimed the victims were standing in the middle of the road, she said.

Five men, including the pickup vehicle's driver, died on the spot, while one person suffered injuries and was admitted to a hospital, the official said.

The truck driver was arrested, the police added.