Man found brutally murdered on his terrace

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, the severed body of a 33-year-old man was found on the terrace of his residential building near Kondappa Layout in the city on Friday night. The deceased person was identified as Chandrashekhar, a native of Andhra Pradesh.

According to sources, he had been staying in the city for the past eight years. Following a preliminary probe and procuring statements from the family and the neighbours, the cops said that the deceased had been attacked by several unidentified persons around 8:45 pm on Friday.

After the incident, the family members rushed Chandrashekhar to a hospital where the doctors reportedly pronounced him ‘brought dead.’ After an inspection, the Yelahanka police sent the body to a government hospital for a post-mortem.

The police said that the body had severe injuries to his head, throat, and private parts. The cause of the murder has not been ascertained. The police have detained the wife of Chandrashekhar for questioning. According to sources, the woman had named one of the close friends of the deceased to be involved in the attack. Further investigations are on to identify the assailants, police said.