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- A 67-year-old former soldier, Rudrappa Kundargi, and his 26-year-old daughter Shashikala were murdered inside a village panchayat office at Avaradi village in Belagavi district, Karnataka, on Wednesday afternoon.
- Police say his brothers Basappa and Sangappa Kundargi and nephew Madivalappa Kundargi attacked him with a sickle and other sharp weapons while he was at the office to verify documents for recording his name in RTC land records.
- Shashikala stepped in to save her father and was also attacked, and both died on the spot.
- The attack took place over a dispute about 38 gunta of land, for which Rudrappa had obtained a court order and was trying to enforce it legally.
- The incident happened in front of government staff who recorded videos, and police have started an investigation registered at Kittur police station.
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- Arrest of the three named accused
- Postmortem findings and video evidence in the investigation
- Recovery or outcome of the disputed 38 gunta of land
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