27th murder in 29 days

A group of men killed an auto driver on Wednesday night in Kalasipalya limits.

This makes it the twenty-seventh murder in 29 days in the city.

Ravi Kumar (30), a resident of Sarakki in J P Nagar, drove a luggage auto for his livelihood. He was reportedly chased and killed in Motinagar.

Sources claim that Ravi was killed over a property deal gone sour.u00a0 Ravi had recently bought a two-acre land through his father-in -law without paying the middleman commission. This had caused an ugly scene and au00a0 case was lodged against Ravi atu00a0 Kanakapura police station.u00a0
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However, the police have not ruled outu00a0 other possible motives.u00a0u00a0