Mangaluru, Aug 29: In a shocking incident, a youth was found brutally murdered and his face disfigured at Mavina Katte, Natekal in Mangaluru taluk on Saturday.
The victim has been identified as Hidayat, a 28-year-old resident of Alekal village. He was operating an auto-rickshaw in Thokkottu.
It is believed that the murder might have taken place last night. However, the incident came to light on Saturday morning when a passerby noticed a the dead body on the driver’s seat of a parked auto-rickshaw.
According to sources, Hidayat left home at around 8:30 p.m. on Friday in his auto-rickshaw, but he did not return.
It is suspected that Hidayat was bludgeoned to death with boulders and other lethal weapons.
Sources said that Hidayat had separated from his first wife and recently married another woman.
His family members revealed that after the divorce, his first wife’s kin identified as Faroorq had threatened to kill him.
A team of police from jurisdictional Ullal Police Station including ACP Kalyan Shetty, SI Bharati visited the spot. A case has been registered and investigations are on.
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