India, Oct. 8 -- A local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yuva Morcha president was murdered in Gangavati, Koppal district, early on Wednesday in what police believe was the result of a long-standing personal enmity.

The victim, identified as Venkatesh Kurubara, 34, a resident of Devinagar in Gangavati, was attacked around 2 am near a private hospital on Koppal Road. According to police, a gang of six men arrived in a car, rammed his motorcycle, and then assaulted him with machetes and iron rods. He died on the spot.

Koppal district superintendent of police (SP) Ram L. Arasiddhi said that four of the six suspects have been arrested. "There was animosity between BJP Yuva Morcha president Venkatesh and Ravi from Lingaraj Camp since 2003. In a...