Police said Chandru alias Papi (20), a resident of Chickagolrahatti, was conversing on mobile phone when he was attacked by the gang. It threw the body in a vacant plot and escaped. Papi’s name figured in Kamakshipalya, Chandra Layout and Chickpet police stations. He was involved in many thefts, robbery and other crimes.

Sources said Chandru’s parents had constructed a new house in Sunkadakatte and the house warming function was scheduled for Thursday. Chandru and his aunt had come to Pattegarpalya to invite a relative.

Police harassment alleged

The Karnataka Dalit Sangarsha Samithi (KDSS) has sought stern action against the Talghattapura police for allegedly harassing a youth without any reason.

Addressing reporters here on Monday, KDSS State general secretary Mavalli Shankar alleged the police recently took Muzeeb (25), a resident of Talghattapura, into custody for no reason. They took out the boy to Guglal village and directed him to disclose whereabouts of his father-in-law. The police, he said, beat him up when the boy told them he had no father-in-law. The police stamped the boy’s thumb with boots and urinated on his injured thumb, he alleged.