<p>A valveman from Thammaganahalli, missing for the past three months, was found dead on March 12 in a forest in Doddabelavangala.</p>.<p>Deceased Yeregowda (45), was married with three children.</p>.<p>Yeregowda and wife Lakshmi Devi used to have frequent quarrels. She left for her parents’ house three months ago.</p>.<p>Yeregowda made attempts to bring her back but in vain. He became an alcoholic and left home three months ago. </p>.<p>After waiting for long, Yeregowda’s father Rangappa and his elder brother Lakshmi Narayana went in search. The father-son duo on Tuesday, identified Yeregowda’s blood soaked shirt and keys of their pump house from a clothes’ pocket in a forest.</p>.<p>Rangappa found a skull and a bone nearby with the soil around the area soaked in blood. Rangappa filed a complaint soon after. Doddabelavangala police suspect that Yeregowda might have fallen unconscious in the forest due to alcohol consumption. Wild animals might have attacked and consumed Yeregowda, the police said.</p>.<p>Police have sent samples to the forensic lab.</p>
<p>A valveman from Thammaganahalli, missing for the past three months, was found dead on March 12 in a forest in Doddabelavangala.</p>.<p>Deceased Yeregowda (45), was married with three children.</p>.<p>Yeregowda and wife Lakshmi Devi used to have frequent quarrels. She left for her parents’ house three months ago.</p>.<p>Yeregowda made attempts to bring her back but in vain. He became an alcoholic and left home three months ago. </p>.<p>After waiting for long, Yeregowda’s father Rangappa and his elder brother Lakshmi Narayana went in search. The father-son duo on Tuesday, identified Yeregowda’s blood soaked shirt and keys of their pump house from a clothes’ pocket in a forest.</p>.<p>Rangappa found a skull and a bone nearby with the soil around the area soaked in blood. Rangappa filed a complaint soon after. Doddabelavangala police suspect that Yeregowda might have fallen unconscious in the forest due to alcohol consumption. Wild animals might have attacked and consumed Yeregowda, the police said.</p>.<p>Police have sent samples to the forensic lab.</p>
