Mangaluru: RTI activist hacked to death while jogging at Kodialbail

March 21, 2016

Mangaluru, Mar 21: A 50-year-old man was allegedly hacked to death at Kodialbail in the city on Monday morning.

It is suspected that Vinayak Baliga was attacked by miscreants while the former was going for a jogging.

A passerby who noticed Kamath lying in a pool of blood on PVS Kala Kunj Road, immediately rushed him to a hospital. But, the victim was declared brought dead in the hospital.

It is learnt that Baliga, an electrical contractor by profession, had gone out for jogging at around 5:30 a.m.

However, police sources said that they are trying to find out whether it is a case of murder of accident as bloodstains were found near a two-wheeler belonging to the victim.

It is learnt that Baliga was also an RTI activist and he had moved high court against alleged misappropriation of funds in Venkataramana Temple.

A case has been registered at Barke police station. More details awaited.

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Very sad!

Dear Police team please take sharan pumpwel and do the needful.you will get the real culprit.

Thanks,

Marivamma

Where is the security for common people, as always police came at the end.

blank eyes.

gruesome murder, police department must install cc camera to ensure people security.,

Tragic incident, now a days its easy to murder someone in mangalore

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