Probing a case of severe assault on a man on April 3 in Sunkadakatte, the Kamakshipalya police have uncovered that the victim’s colleague had allegedly given a contract to get him killed, but it failed.
The police have now arrested Sridhar, 48, the colleague of Chandrakanth in a private firm, and his associates Siddesh, 25, and Nitesh, 24. Of the three, Nitesh, working at a hotel in Sunkadakatte, had robbery and narcotics cases registered against him earlier.
According to the police, Sridhar and Chandrakanth were colleagues and had fallen out. Sridhar allegedly gave a contract to Siddesh and Nitesh to kill Chandrakanth and paid ₹1 lakh for the same.
