Maddur: Senior JD(S) leader Thoppanahalli Prakash (50) was stabbed to death by miscreants in Maddur Town on Monday. Prakash, husband of former Mandya ZP President Lalitha, was a close confidante of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Transport Minister D.C. Thammanna, who represents Maddur constituency in the Assembly.
Prakash was travelling in his Innova car form the town’s TB Circle to APMC Coconut Market at about 4.30 pm, when he stopped the vehicle en-route to have a seat cover. Even as Prakash was seated in his vehicle, the assailants approached Prakash on the pretext of speaking to him and hacked him to death with lathal weapons.
