<p>The City police have cracked the recent murder case of notorious rowdy Karthik alias Lodde and arrested four of his associates.<br /><br />Karthik, 22, was hacked to death in broad daylight on November 17 at J C Nagar. Mahesh alias Mylari, Suresh, Vijaykumar and Nitin are the arrested. All the four were associates of Karthik and were involved in collecting hafta and extortion.<br /><br />The four had started to collect hafta on their own after Karthik was arrested and sent to jail in connection with another murder case. </p>.<p>After coming out of the jail, Karthik warned the four of dire consequences if they did not part with the money collected in his absence. <br /><br />Enraged by this, the four hacked Karthik to death, said the police.<br /></p>
<p>The City police have cracked the recent murder case of notorious rowdy Karthik alias Lodde and arrested four of his associates.<br /><br />Karthik, 22, was hacked to death in broad daylight on November 17 at J C Nagar. Mahesh alias Mylari, Suresh, Vijaykumar and Nitin are the arrested. All the four were associates of Karthik and were involved in collecting hafta and extortion.<br /><br />The four had started to collect hafta on their own after Karthik was arrested and sent to jail in connection with another murder case. </p>.<p>After coming out of the jail, Karthik warned the four of dire consequences if they did not part with the money collected in his absence. <br /><br />Enraged by this, the four hacked Karthik to death, said the police.<br /></p>