A 35-year old Congress worker was brutally murdered by some persons in a village in Bagalkot district of Karnataka today, police said.

Hanumantha Chattaragi Ganagir, who was a cane supervisor in Baragandi Sugar Factory owned by Congress MLC S R Patil, was waylaid and fatally assaulted at Nayanegali by some persons with whom he was involved in a petty quarrel, Superintendent of Police Ishwarachandra Vidyasagar told PTI.

Police, who rushed to the village, apprehended some of the culprits and a hunt was on for some others, he said adding police pickets had been posted to monitor the situation.