Mangaluru: An incident was reported near a church at Tannirbavi here, where a man was found murdered on 22nd January, Monday.
The deceased has been identified as Shivaraj (45yrs), a resident of Bengre.
According to sources, Shivaraj was found dead at the terrace of his house at around 5 am in the morning. It is suspected that he was murdered when he was asleep. Shivaraj’s body has been sent for post-mortem to the hospital.
It is learnt that Shivaraj is the brother of rowdy-sheeter Bharatesh, who is a suspect in Bejai Raja murder and the police believe that Shivaraj was murdered to settle scores with his brother.
A case has been registered and the police are investigating the matter.