The two had allegedly hacked Paul Suresh to death on August 21, 2008. They had later burnt the body in a nilgiri grove near Chilenahalli.
Two held for cheating
Hoskote police have arrested two persons in a cheating case and recovered 2,040 litres of solvent worth Rs one lakh from them.
The accused, Maula Abdul Khadir and Naushad Abdul Khadir, had stored the solvent at a shed near Nilgiri Poles depot on Malur Road. They used to mix a red-coloured powder in the solvent and sold it to customers as petrol.