Mangalore, October 6: The Mangalore city police claimed to have solved the murder case of a city based taxi driver Govardhan after arresting two persons.
Addressing a press meet at his office on Thursday Commissioner of Police Seemanth Kumar Singh confirmed the arrest of Mahanthesh Honnappa Annegeri (26), son of Honnappa, hailing from Nandihalli near Hosa Neeralagi village in Savanur taluk of Haveri district, and residing near Peter's House at Kottara Chowki on the outskirts of the city and Somashekar (29), son of Kariyappa, from, Burudakatte village in Hosadurga taluk of Chitradurga district, and resident of Shivanna Compound in Vaamanjur.
Mr Singh said that the arrested have confessed that they have committed the crime for the sake of money as they were jobless. However, they did not have a criminal background, he said.
“It was just a 'murder of game'. No communal or political intention was behind this murder” he clarified.
Mr Singh said that more than thirty people were interrogated by the police to find out the real culprits.
Explaining the reason for delay in solving the case, Mr Singh said it was a challenging case, as there were no clues. Moreover, police did not want to arrest anyone without proper evidence.
The commissioner refused to reveal whether police had recovered anything from the accused.
The top cop of the city also urged the general public to take precautions and cooperate with police in serious cases like theft and murders.
It can be recalled that, Govardan, son of S Narayan, a resident of Bejai and a taxi owner-cum-driver by profession, was found murdered on August 29, four days after he went missing with his Indica car, bearing registration number KA 19-D-1578.
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