Rajasthan man hacked to death in Bengaluru's Varthur

According to a senior police officer associated with the investigation, the deceased was attacked with lethal weapons by a group of assailants.

Bengaluru: A 26-year-old man was hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Belagere, near Varthur in east Bengaluru, around midnight on Friday.

Police identified the deceased as Dala Ram, a native of Rajasthan’s Pali district.

According to a senior police officer associated with the investigation, Ram was attacked with lethal weapons by a group of assailants who arrived in two cars and fled immediately after the incident.

Members of the public later found his body lying in a pool of blood and alerted the police.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Ram had arrived in Bengaluru a week ago and was staying with a relative in Belagere.

“His family had an ongoing dispute with relatives following a fight during a village festival over a financial issue. We are treating this as a probable motive for the murder,” the officer said.

Varthur police have registered a case of murder and formed a special team to trace the assailants.