# Four arrested in Karnataka car blast over land dispute 2026-08-14T21:46:40+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Police in Karnataka have arrested four men for the car blast in Hippargi, Jamkhandi taluk, revealing a murder plot over a land and financial dispute. Superintendent of Police Sidharth Goyal said the car of Hanamanth Athani exploded on July 26 using gelatin sticks near a wine shop. The arrested are Shivanand and Revanappa Jalli, Mahadev Sangapur, and Mallikarjun Bhadrannavar. A fifth accused, Gajanan Sangapur, who allegedly supplied the explosives, is absconding. The dispute began when Shivanand’s uncle borrowed Rs 40 lakh from Hanamanth against four acres of land four years ago. With interest the debt rose to Rs 67 lakh, and Hanamanth had the land transferred to his name. Shivanand later leased the land but failed to repay the loan, and allegedly conspired to kill Hanamanth so the land would stay with him. After the blast failed, the accused sent threatening messages demanding the land back, traced through a stolen SIM from a farm CCTV. ## Coverage - deccanherald.com Tags: Bagalkot, Karnataka police, land dispute, Sidharth Goyal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/four-arrested-in-karnataka-car-blast-over-land-dispute/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/four-arrested-in-karnataka-car-blast-over-land-dispute/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.