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A 77- year-old former vice chancellor of the Karnataka University was shot down at his residence in the north Karnataka town of Dharwad on Sunday morning by two persons who knocked on his door and claimed to be students.
M M Kalaburgi, 77, an educationist and veteran researcher of Kannada literature was shot down at around 8.40 AM on Sunday even as his wife who opened the door for the unidentified assailants ventured to the kitchen to fetch the visitors some coffee.
A resident of the Kalyananagar area in Dharwad city the former vice- chancellor was renowned researcher on Vachana Sahitya and ancient Kannada literature. The commissioner of police for the twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad, Ravindra Prasad, said two unidentified persons came to the veteran researcher’s residence on a motorcycle and knocked on his door.
“We have taken up a case of murder. The motive for the assassination is not known yet,” the police officer said. A close friend of the former vice chancellor and a member of the Kannada literary world, Shankar Alagatti, said Kalaburgi’s wife opened the door to the family residence. She asked the youths who they were and the duo said they were students who had come to meet Kalaburgi, Alagatti said.
“She went to the kitchen and shortly afterwards heard loud sounds. When she rushed to the living room she found her husband had been shot in the head. They took him to hospital with the help of the neighbors but he died on the way,” the associate said. “A CBI inquiry must be conducted into the case to bring out the truth. The people and fans of Kalaburgi are demanding this,” Alagatti said.
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