Five arrested for courier executive's murder

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Halasuru Gate police arrested a gang of five people in connection with the murder of a courier executive on the Broadway Road here.

The incident had taken place around 2:30 am on Friday and the deceased was identified as Satish Kumar, a resident of Shivajinagar in Bengaluru.

The accused arrested were identified by the police as Santosh, 36, Ranganath, 41, and JV Vinod Mathews, 35, residents of Domlur; Pavan Kumar, 24, from Indiranagar; and Ranjith Kumar, 33, a resident of Thippasandra. Kumar's bludgeoned body was found by a few passersby near the BDA Park in Halasuru Gate Police Station limits.

Following an alert, the police inspected the spot and found that the accused had smashed Kumar's head with a cement brick to make it difficult to ascertain his identity.

The police now suspect that Kumar was killed by the gang due to an old rivalry between them.