A few days after Venkatesh, an RTI activist succumbed to injuries at a hospital, the police have arrested three people allegedly linked to his murder.
According to the Ramanagara police, the arrested accused have been identified as Pradeep Kumar (33), a resident of Tavarekere town, Satish T C (20) from Manjunatha Nagar in Tavarekere, and Tejas Kumar A (22) from Yelachaguppe in the same town.
“The attack on July 15 seems to have taken place over a financial dispute. As a financier, Pradeep Kumar had lent Rs 10 lakh to the Venkatesh, but he had failed to return the money after paying a small amount of interest,” the police said after a preliminary investigation.
The police added that Venkatesh had allegedly threatened of filing a police complaint when he was forced by the financier repeatedly to return the money. “Annoyed by this, Kumar hired four others to attack Venkatesh. However, the victim succumbed to injuries on Sunday,” they added.
While two of the four people and the prime accused have been arrested, the police are on the lookout for the other two.read more
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