BENGALURU: A garment employee allegedly locked his family friend and paan masala supplier for three days and strangled him to death before dumping the body in a drain near Belthur last week. He was angry with the 48-year-old man who allegedly had an affair with his wife. Along with the couple, the murdered man’s wife, who was a witness to the crime, was arrested by Kadugodi police.
A decomposed body was found in a drain near Belthur on July 5. Police identified the body as that of Omnath Singh, who stayed at Rajendra’s building in Belathur near Ayyappa Swamy temple and was from Bihar, two days later. He supplied pan masala to small shops in Belthur area.