Four persons, including the son of the president of Gadag Betageri City Municipal Council, were murdered late on Thursday night.
The incident took place at the residence of Gadag Betageri CMC president Sunanda Bakale at Dasara Oni, near Chennamma Circle, in Gadag.
The dead have been identified as Kartik Bakale, son of Ms. Sunanda Bakale and their relatives — Parashuram Hadimani, 55, Lakshmi, 45, and Akanksha, 17, of Koppal.