Udupi, July 12, 2019: A private bus employee has been hacked to death by unidentified assailants at Bairampalli in Hiriadka police station limits on Thursday night.
The deceased person is Prashanth Poojary (35). It has been gathered that two persons who had arrived at Prashanth’s residence on Thursday night had picked up a quarrel with him.
Later, the assailants took him to an isolated spot at Doopadakatte where he was reportedly hacked to death.
The assailants had abandoned their bike while escaping.
A financial dispute is suspected to be the cause of the murder. Hiriadka police are investigating the case.