Mysore, June 18: A photographer has allegedly been killed in the city on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Karthik (23), son of Somashekar, a resident of Gandhinagar in the city.
The body of the youth was found lying on the road connecting Five Lights Circle to Ashoka road on Sunday morning near Farooqia Girls High School and PU?College. The assailants had smashed the head of Karthik with huge stones.
Lashkar police, who received the information from passers-by, arrived on the spot and pressed a sniffer dog into action.
The dog led the police to a missing shoe of the deceased inside the college. While the motive is not known, police sources said the victim was chased for a distance before being murdered.
Meanwhile, CCTV camera installed by traffic police at the circle is said to have captured the incident.
However, power outage has resulted in unclear images. Police commissioner K?L?Sudheer, Lashkar sub-inspector Omkarappa and other officers arrived on the spot. Lakshar police have registered a case and are investigating.
Two women killed
Two women were killed in two separate incidents in the city on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Savithramma (55) and Munni (55).
In the first incident, Savithramma was mowed down by a maxicab on Dewan’s road. Savithramma, wife of Bhyrappa, was a resident of Srirangapatna in Mandya district. Devaraja police have registered a case. In the second incident, Munni, wife of Syed Mohammed Husain was hit by a motorbike — resulting in her death.
Husain, Munni and their daughter Subeida Banu were returning from Devi Nursing Home in?Bogadi second stage when a motorbike rammed into them severly injuring Munni. Later, she was admitted to K?R?Hospital.
However, she failed to respond to the treatment and succumbed to the injuries on Sunday morning. Kuvempunagar traffic police have registered a case.
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