Mysur: Jayapura Police have arrested a youth along with his three friends for murdering a man, who had reportedly made lewd comments on the mother of the youth.
The accused youth is identified as 24-year-old Adarsh, a resident of Dattagalli in city, while his friends are Mahadev, Theju and Puttaraju, all 24 years old. The deceased is Kantharaju (45), a resident of Ballahalli. His semi-decomposed body was found near Bettadabeedu in the taluk on Feb.26. According to the Police, Kantharaju had issued lewd statements against Adarsh’s mother by saying that he had an extra-marital affair with her.
Angered over the statement made by Kantharaju, Adarsh plotted to eliminate Kantharaju. The accused along with his friends took him in a car and beat him up to the death and later dumped the body near Bettadabeedu, the Police added.
Jayapura Police have arrested all the accused.
This post was published on March 5, 2019 6:27 pm