Mangaluru: A murder was reported here at Padil on outskirts of the city where a lorry driver was allegedly murdered late night on 2nd March Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Chelvamani (38yrs), a resident of Tamil Nadu. Another lorry driver from Tamil Nadu, Suresh Kumar (49yrs) was arrested by the Kankanady police after he confessed to the crime.
According to sources, Chelvamani had come to Karnataka to deliver some goods. When he and Suresh were having their dinner near the new railway bridge at Padil, they had an argument over some domestic issue which led to Suresh to hack Chelvamani to death by using a knife and screw driver.
A case has been registered at Kankanady police station and police are investigating the case.