<p>Police arrested a man for murdering a delivery boy Hemanth Naik (23) at Hale Kallanayakanahalli in Arsikere taluk of Hassan district.</p>.<p>Police initiated a probe after a partially charred body was found near a railway track under Arsikere police station limits, busted the case and arrested the accused.</p>.<p>According to Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar, Hemanth Naik worked as a delivery boy in Ekart express in Arsikere. He went to delivery a parcel on February 7 containing a second-hand iPhone to the accused, Hemanth Dutt.</p>.<p>After receiving the parcel, Hemanth Dutt opened the parcel and refused to pay. He asked Naik to return the phone, which sparked a quarrel between the duo after which Dutt stabbed Hemanth Naik to death.</p>.<p>According to the statement of the accused, he placed the body in a gunny bag and kept it in the toilet of his house for three days after the incident. He disposed of the body near a railway track at Anchekoppal bridge in Arsikere taluk, and set it ablaze with kerosene and petrol early February 11, Shankar said.</p>.<p>Hemanth Naik’s brother Manja Naik had lodged a missing complaint on February 7. The knife used for stabbing, Hemanth Naik’s mobile phone and the articles yet to be delivered have been recovered, the SP said.</p>.<p>Arsikere Dy SP Lokesh, Inspector Gangadhar and team busted the murder case.</p>
<p>Police arrested a man for murdering a delivery boy Hemanth Naik (23) at Hale Kallanayakanahalli in Arsikere taluk of Hassan district.</p>.<p>Police initiated a probe after a partially charred body was found near a railway track under Arsikere police station limits, busted the case and arrested the accused.</p>.<p>According to Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar, Hemanth Naik worked as a delivery boy in Ekart express in Arsikere. He went to delivery a parcel on February 7 containing a second-hand iPhone to the accused, Hemanth Dutt.</p>.<p>After receiving the parcel, Hemanth Dutt opened the parcel and refused to pay. He asked Naik to return the phone, which sparked a quarrel between the duo after which Dutt stabbed Hemanth Naik to death.</p>.<p>According to the statement of the accused, he placed the body in a gunny bag and kept it in the toilet of his house for three days after the incident. He disposed of the body near a railway track at Anchekoppal bridge in Arsikere taluk, and set it ablaze with kerosene and petrol early February 11, Shankar said.</p>.<p>Hemanth Naik’s brother Manja Naik had lodged a missing complaint on February 7. The knife used for stabbing, Hemanth Naik’s mobile phone and the articles yet to be delivered have been recovered, the SP said.</p>.<p>Arsikere Dy SP Lokesh, Inspector Gangadhar and team busted the murder case.</p>
