Suhas, son of Subbaiah of Venkatappa Layout, Hosakerehalli, picked up a fight with the suspects when he was searching for one of his lost pigeons.
According to the police, the deceased used to rear pigeons. Around 2 pm, one of the pigeons he had brought home went missing.
He came to Mookambika Nagar in search of it. He purportedly picked the quarrel with the suspects over some issue and it resulted in him being stabbed to death, police added.
Suhas was lying in a pool of blood until a woman noticed him and he was rushed to a hospital where he died around 8:30 pm. Girinagar police have booked a case.
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