Three persons including two rowdy-sheeters held for murder

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Hebbagodi police arrested three persons including two rowdy-sheeters for allegedly killing a person over a land dispute here. Following an alert by a few residents on October 29, the police had found a bludgeoned body of a man in Hebbagodi.

The police identified the deceased as Ramesh. An intensified probe led to the arrest of three persons identified as Jagadish, Moses and Krishnappa, who resided near Ramesh's house.

Further it was revealed that the trio had a dispute with Ramesh over a small part of land. The police said that the motive was revealed by the three accused during interrogation.

It was also found that Jagadish and Moses had a rowdy-sheet against them at Hebbagodi Police Station as they were involved in several cases such as theft, robbery, extortion and assault in the past.