A 36-year-old man who was found dead at a nullah in Ratibad police station area on Monday was killed on May 17. A killer has been arrested, while the police have concluded that money dispute was the reason in the murder.
According to the police, the deceased Anil alias Teetu Meena was killed by Deepak who has been detained and further investigation has been started.
CSP Kolar CM Dwivedi said that the deceased was hit in his head by a heavy and blunt object which led to the death. The deceased used to lend money and he had a dispute with the accused on May 17 and was later killed by the accused. The main accused has been arrested and involvement of others is the murder is under investigation.
The police found that the deceased went missing on May 17 and was found dead at a nullah on Monday. The deceased had money dispute with Deepak and later he was killed by Deepak.
In the initial investigation injury marks over the body were found but the injury marks were fatal could be not ascertained as the post mortem report is awaited and during the investigation it was found that Deepak was spotted with the deceased before he went missing and when Deepak was detained and quizzed he confessed to the crime and told the police that he had killed the deceased on May 17.
After the family members failed to find the deceased a missing complaint was lodged with the Kolar police on May 19 but the deceased remained untraceable and on Monday during the investigation the body found from a nullah the deceased was identified.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.