Realtor butchered at Coffee Day outlet

A real estate agent was brutally murdered by a six-member gang at a Cafe Coffee Day outlet in Vijayanagar, west Bengaluru, on Thursday evening as other customers watched in horror.

Police suspect the associates of a slain gangster. Mahesh, 34, a resident of Mathikere, had gone to Vijayanagar to meet a friend  Rakshith. The two men entered the CCD outlet at Hosahalli near Manuvana around 6.30 pm. The gang, which was closely tailing him, barged into the restaurant and attacked the two men with lethal weapons. Presuming Mahesh to be dead, the gang fled the spot.

Mahesh was rushed to a nearby hospital but he died minutes later as he had massive injuries in the abdomen, back and head. Rakshith sustained injuries on his hands and abdomen.  Police suspect that Mahesh was murdered over an old rivalry by associates of slain history-sheeter Harsha.

Mahesh and Harsha were once close friends and ran a video game parlour. They earned Rs 10 lakh a month but parted ways following financial disagreements, police said.

On April 20, Harsha was attacked by unidentified men on Pipeline Road in Vijayanagar. He didn’t survive. Mahesh’s associates were suspected to be involved in the murder.  Mahesh was also an accused in a murder reported in Yeshwantpur.