Eight more were due to friction between the neighbors. Of the seven murders, two bodies are still unidentified. He added that these statistics did not mean that the police are complacent about their work. We know that we have to build the confidence among the citizens on their security. His body was found dumped near a lake the next day after his parents failed to pay the ransom of Rs.450,000.
Police are yet to track the culprits.
On the same day, a retired civic body employee was found dead in the garage of his house. Madiyal said the city on an average witnesses some 200 murders every year. In October there were two murders that could be dubbed as professional killings, he said. The local police officer should have prevented the murder of Suresh Gowda as it was an handiwork of a rival gang. If the jurisdictional officers are not aware of the activities of anti-social elements, they do not deserve to be in their respective police stations.