Kishore Peraje

Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (MS)

Bantwal, Aug 9: Vittal police have traced the identity of the person whose skull, bones and clothes were found on a hill at Nekkarekadu on August 8.

The deceased is identified as Nagesh Gowda (65), a resident of Ukkuda Kanthadka. He went missing six months ago and a case in this connection was filed at Vittal police station.

Villagers, who went to the said hill on August 8 in order to collect grass, saw the skull, bones and clothes. They informed the family members of the deceased person who in turn informed the matter to Vittal police station.

Police, who arrived on the spot, connected the findings with that of missing cases filed with them. Later, they called son of deceased Nagesh Gowda, who identified that the clothes found near the skull are that of his deceased father. It is suspected that Nagesh Gowda must have died due to some mishap when he was going to work in a house via Nekkarekadu.