Police scour Charmadi Ghat for body of youth murdered 9 months ago

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: After cracking an old unreported case recently, a team of policemen from Cubbon Park police station have initiated a search for the body of a murdered youth, allegedly thrown in the Charmadi Ghat valley about nine months ago.

Probing the murder case of H Sharath, a resident of Konanakunte in Bengaluru, the police already has arrested five accused identified as Manjunath MP, Sridhar, Venkatachalapathy, his son AV Sharath and Dhanush K.

It was revealed that Venkatachalapathy was an office-bearer of a Kannada organisation. Sharath was reportedly abducted, tortured and brutally murdered by the accused. His dead body was thrown into the Charmadi Ghat valley, as per the statement given by the accused.

According to sources from Belthangady, the city police team were accompanied by two of the accused persons in the case. It's a challenging task for the police to find the dead body in the Ghat valleys that come under the jurisdiction of Chikkamagaluru-Dakshina Kannada districts, the sources said.

"Charmadi Ghat is bushy with deep trenches. Moreover, this incident happened nine months back when the dead body was thrown into the valley. It is believed that due to the rainfall, the dead body might have got washed away and even consumed by animals living in the wild region," a local from the town told News Trail