70-year-old security guard beaten to death with chapati pan in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: A 70-year-old Nepali security guard was beaten to death with a chapati pan by his friend during a drunken brawl at Sharada Farmhouse in Thalaghattapura on Sunday afternoon.

The deceased, identified as Jailal, had been working at Sharada Farms for the past year.

The police reported that on June 22, Jailal and the 28-year-old suspect, also a worker at the same farmhouse and a friend, were in an intoxicated state when a minor argument escalated into a fight. The suspect allegedly attacked Jailal with a chapati pan, inflicting severe head injuries. Jailal died on the spot.

Other workers later discovered Jailal’s body lying in a pool of blood and alerted the Thalaghattapura police. Authorities registered a case under BNS Section 101 (murder) and arrested the suspect, who is currently in custody.

An investigation is underway to ascertain the motive behind the killing.