Bengaluru, May 5 (PTI) Drunken brawl claimed two lives while a woman health worker and her husband were injured in an attack in separate incidents in Karnataka, where sale of liquor was allowed as part of easing 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, they said.
Another murder was reported at Jeevan Bima Nagar here, 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, they 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, where a resident attacked them, under the influence of alcohol, for visiting the hamlet.
The accused is said to have attacked the duo owing to personal enmity, a police officer told PTI.
Police are on the lookout for the accused.
