K'taka MLC shot at by cousin over property dispute

Belgaum, Oct 19 (UNI) Congress legislative council member Prabhakar Kore, was shot at by his cousin Jagdish Kore at Ankali village in this district over a property dispute this afternoon.

The seriously injured Prabhakar Kore, who was shot at with a revolver thrice in the back, was immediately rushed to KLE Hospital here.

KLE hospital sources said his condition was stable, but critical.

Two bullets were removed from his body during an hour-long operation.

Mr Kore, also the chairman of the prestigious Karnataka Lingayat Education (KLE) Society, had an altercation with his cousin Jagadish over a land dispute and in a fit of rage, the latter shot him from behind.

Mr Kore had gone to his native village Ankali to see a hi-tech operation theatre built by the KLE society at the village.

Both had a verbal altercation and Mr Kore neglected his cousin's threat to kill him. Jagdish immediately fired four shots at the former. While three bullets hit him -- two in his rib cage and one in his hip, the fourth one missed him.

Mr Kore was instrumental in the Karnataka Government holding a special session of the State Legislature in Belgaum last month by providing the premises of his society's medical college to host the House proceedings.

Police sources said Jagdish was absconding after the incident.

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