Lockdown: 2 killed in drunken brawls in Bengaluru

Drunken brawls claimed two lives while a woman health worker and her husband were injured in an attack in separate incidents in Karnataka, where the sale of liquor was allowed as part of easing the COVID-19 lockdown curbs, police said on Tuesday.

In the first incident, a man in his mid-thirties was stabbed to death by his friend after an altercation between them at a party organised to celebrate the resumption of alcohol sale in Bengaluru on Monday. The accused is absconding, police said.

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Another murder was reported in Jeevan Bima Nagar, where a youth was beaten to death by his friend in an inebriated state. The incident occurred on Monday night when the both were having drinks at the accused's house, police said. A search is on for the accused who is absconding, authorities said.

In the third incident, a woman health worker was attacked at Shidlaghatta in Chikkaballapura district. Ravanamma had gone to a village in the district to carry out a COVID-19-related survey with her husband, when a resident attacked them under the influence of alcohol.

The accused is said to have attacked the duo because of personal enmity, a police officer told PTI. The police are on the lookout for the accused.