Mangalore: Auto Driver’s Death – Suicide or Murder?

Pics: Sphoorty Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Jun 22: The body of Ganesh Mallya (39), an autorickshaw driver by profession, was found from near the Pachchnadi dumping yard in the outskirts of the city on the morning of Tuesday June 22.

Some passersby, who saw the body, conveyed the information to the policemen. Apparently, the body was hanging from the end of a rope tied to a tree. The deceased was a resident of B V Nagar in Pachchnadi, it is learnt.

The personnel of the rural police station here have registered a case of suicide. The policemen said that they are yet to ascertain reasons that drove Mallya towards committing suicide, and that they are holding investigations into the matter.

In the meanwhile, some locals, who had gathered at the spot of the autorickshaw driver’s death, suspected that it was a case of murder, as the deceased had some long-standing enmity with some people. More information on this aspect however, is not available.