Bantwal: Autorickshaw Driver Hacked to Death at Pachinadka
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (MM/RD)
Pics: Mounesh Vishwakarma
Bantwal, Feb 21: An auto rickshaw driver was brutally murdered in a rubber plant at Pachinadka in B-Mooda village here on Thursday February 21 morning.
The deceased person has been identified as Iqbal, resident of Kelaginapete in Bantwal, sources informed.
According to reports, Iqbal's auto was hired by two passengers who arrived by the Bangalore-Mangalore train at the city railway station on Thursday morning. The two passengers are suspected to have hacked him to death with a machete.
An old man who was the sole eyewitness sent an alarm to other locals to come to the rescue of the victim lying in a pool of blood while the killers fled from the spot.
Superintendent of police Satheesh Kumar, additional SP Lokesh Kumar and circle inspector Lingappa Bangera and tahsildar C M Manjunath rushed to the spot along with the policemen and began investigations on this gruesome daylight murder. Meanwhile, police suspect that personal rivalry might have been the cause and that the passengers may have been hired killers.
Autorickshaw drivers in B C Road stopped plying their rickshaws soon after they learnt of the news of the brutal murder of their colleague. Several shops in the town also drew their shutters fearing unrest. Additional police forces have been deployed in B C Road and Bantwal as a precautionary measure.