Bengaluru, Dec 12: A 28-year-old man, who was reported missing since Friday, was found murdered at Saraswathipuram in Vijayanagar on Sunday. The victim Nanjundaswamy of Kaveripura in Kamakshipalya was working at the e-commerce marketplace Flipkart’s Byatarayanapura branch office as a delivery staff, the police said.
“The police collected Nanjundaswamy’s mobile phone call details. The last call had originated from near a bank at Saraswathipuram in Vijayanagar. As we reached the bank, foul smell was emanating from the basement of the building. We found a decomposed body there,” the Bytarayanapura police inspector said.
On being informed, Nanjundaswamy’s wife and family members came there and established his identity. “There were no criminal cases against Nanjundaswamy and he had a good reputation,” the inspector said. The police have decided to question his family members, relatives, friends and colleagues to get leads about the assailants and the motive behind the murder. Nanjundaswamy was a native of Magadi in Ramanagaram district. He is survived by his wife and a one-year-old child.
Held for drunk driving
The police on Sunday arrested a 30-year-old driver of a private hospital for driving an ambulance under the influence of alcohol.
“The driver Rajesh was on his way home in the ambulance on Sunday. We grew suspicious as he was driving in a negligent manner. We stopped the vehicle near the toll plaza on international airport road and subjected him to alcometer test. He was found drunk,” said a police officer. The police arrested Rajesh and seized the vehicle. There was no one else in the ambulance.
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