A 35-year-old man, husband of a gram panchayat member, was beaten to death at Tenginaghatta village in K.R. Pet taluk of the district on Tuesday.
The police gave the name of the victim as Thope Gowda.
Susheelamma, victim’s wife, had allegedly voted against the former gram panchayat president Parvati Balaram during a recent ‘no-confidence’ motion.
On Tuesday morning, Ms. Parvati’s husband, Mr. Balaram, and his friends, allegedly assaulted Mr. Thope Gowda, who died in a hospital during treatment, the police said. A case has been registered.