Mangaluru, Aug 13: A 54-year-old businessman was found dead inside a well near his house yesterday under suspicious circumstances in Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada district.
The deceased is Prakash Tulpule, owner of MRF Tyres showroom in Belthangady. He was a member of Rotary Club and had involved in several social service activities.
On August 12 he had returned home from his showroom. He changed his clothes and stepped out telling his daughter that he would return soon.
According to Tulpule’s daughter, after sometime she noticed the former’s footwear near the well. She suspected that her father would have fallen into the well and shouted for help. The locals lifted Tulpule and rushed him to the local government hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.
Local police have launched an investigation into the matter.
Tupule is survived by his mother, wife, a son and a daughter.
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