<p>West division police have solved the murder of Mahadeva, a 23-year-old man who was hacked to death on Siddaiah Puranik Road, on June 6.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In a press meet on Saturday, the police said Anil Kumar, 27, Manju (alias Cadbury), 27, Lokesh (alias Loki), 24 and Sunil Kumar, 23, have been arrested in connection with the case. <br />Lethal weapons and a car used in the crime have been seized from the arrested.<br /><br />An interrogation of the suspects revealed that Lokesh had taken a loan of Rs 10,000 from Praveen, Mahadeva’s friend. When Lokesh failed to repay the money at the agreed time, Praveen allegedly began to harass and insult Lokesh. <br /><br />Furious, Lokesh called Praveen and asked him to come to Siddaiah Puranik Road, claiming that he would repay the money. When Praveen arrived with Mahedava, they were confronted by Lokesh and a gang of his associates. <br /><br />“A bitter argument ensued between the two groups. When the gang tried to assault Praveen, Mahadeva attempted to intervene and was hacked to death,” police said.<br /><br />Man falls to death<br /><br />A senior citizen, who had sustained severe head injuries after he fell into a seven-foot deep pit — dug up for the construction of a sump in his house at Raghavendra Block, Hanumanthanagar — succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital, late on Friday night. <br />The deceased is identified as Prabhakar Rao, 64. <br /></p>
<p>West division police have solved the murder of Mahadeva, a 23-year-old man who was hacked to death on Siddaiah Puranik Road, on June 6.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In a press meet on Saturday, the police said Anil Kumar, 27, Manju (alias Cadbury), 27, Lokesh (alias Loki), 24 and Sunil Kumar, 23, have been arrested in connection with the case. <br />Lethal weapons and a car used in the crime have been seized from the arrested.<br /><br />An interrogation of the suspects revealed that Lokesh had taken a loan of Rs 10,000 from Praveen, Mahadeva’s friend. When Lokesh failed to repay the money at the agreed time, Praveen allegedly began to harass and insult Lokesh. <br /><br />Furious, Lokesh called Praveen and asked him to come to Siddaiah Puranik Road, claiming that he would repay the money. When Praveen arrived with Mahedava, they were confronted by Lokesh and a gang of his associates. <br /><br />“A bitter argument ensued between the two groups. When the gang tried to assault Praveen, Mahadeva attempted to intervene and was hacked to death,” police said.<br /><br />Man falls to death<br /><br />A senior citizen, who had sustained severe head injuries after he fell into a seven-foot deep pit — dug up for the construction of a sump in his house at Raghavendra Block, Hanumanthanagar — succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital, late on Friday night. <br />The deceased is identified as Prabhakar Rao, 64. <br /></p>
