Mangalore: Bus driver beaten to death by group of seven
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Updated
Mangalore, May 19: A bus driver was beaten to death allegedly by a group of 7 persons on the night of Saturday May 18.
The deceased is identified as Prasanna Poojary (30), son of Balakrishna Poojary and resident of Jyothinagar. His house is located near KMF.
He was the driver of a bus plying on route number 21 which goes to Neermarga from the city.
On Saurday night, he as usual parked the bus outside the owner's house at Paldane and was waiting for his friend Harish to pick him up by bike. While he was waiting, a group of seven approached him, thrashed him brutally and fled from the scene.
When Harish reached the spot he saw Prasanna lying on the roadside in a pool of blood. With the help of the bus owner he rushed him to the hospital, where he breathed his last a few hours later.
Kankanady police arrived at the spot and conducted investigations.
When Prasanna was being taken to hospital in half-concious state, he informed that Raju alias Japan Mange and Rajneesh had come in bikes along with others and attacked him, police said.
It is suspected that Prasanna and Raju might have quarrelled over some matter which led Raju to attack him brutally.
Raju, hailing from Tamil Nadu, stays in a rented house at Moodushedde. The police have begun a manhunt for him.
The body has been shifted to Wenlock for post-mortem.
Kankanady police have registered a case and investigations are on.