Youth found dead in Bengaluru

By NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A body of a youth with severe head injury was found near Magadi Road on Thursday.

Initially, the residents of 5th cross Magadi Road found the body in the morning and alerted the police about it. According to sources, police initially faced difficulties in identifying the deceased. They were later able to establish his identity as Umesh, 24, a resident of Magadi Road. Preliminary investigations found that the youth was a driver for a goods vehicle and an alcoholic.

On Wednesday night around 11:30 pm, Umesh reportedly had been at a convention hall near Magadi Main Road when his father called him. Around 12:30 pm he spoke to his friends over mobile phone and then nobody had any clue about him. The next morning, his bludgeoned body was found outside a mobile shop near Veeresh Theatre.

Considering all possible angles, police are trying to ascertain the exact cause of his death. However, it was suspected that he might have tripped over the footpath in an inebriated state and died there.

The body has been shifted to Victoria hospital and a case has been taken up by the jurisdictional police.