Representative image of a dead body.
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Bengaluru: An 18-year-old delivery executive was kidnapped and murdered by a money lender and his associates for failing to repay a Rs 10,000 debt.
The Tavarekere police registered an FIR on September 8 following a medico-legal case from the hospital where Deepak Raj died a day after being brutally attacked by Soma, a money lender, and his associate Rajesh, a habitual offender.
The case was transferred to the Jnanabharathi police on September 13 due to jurisdictional issues.
On September 7, Soma and Rajesh had called Raj to an isolated spot at Manganahalli Gudde, assaulted him, and took away his two-wheeler with the help of unidentified associates.
The suspects then summoned his elder brother Praveen, 20, assaulted him, and handed over an injured Raj. He was taken home and later declared dead at the hospital.
A case was registered after a complaint by Raj’s mother, a garment worker and single parent, following her elder son’s account of the incident. A probe is underway.