Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (MS)
Puttur, Dec 14: Police arrested the third accused in the murder case of Hanumantha Madara (22), a native of Bagalkot Badami, who used to work as tipper driver at Kumbra in the taluk.
The third accused, identified as Durgappa Madara, was apprehended by police.
The authorities also seized the vehicle and iron rod believed to be the murder weapons. The vehicle was found near a petrol pump, while the iron rod was located at the Agumbe Ghat, the site where the assailants allegedly disposed of the victim's body.
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Hanumantha Madara
The motive behind the gruesome murder appears to be Hanumantha Madara's alleged involvement in an illicit relationship with the wife of Shivappa Hanumantha Madara, another accused in the case. The sequence of events unfolded as Hanumantha was lured from his workplace at Kumbra in Puttur, taken in a vehicle by the three accused, and subsequently killed. His lifeless body was later discarded at Agumbe Ghat.