A 35-year-old dance coach was discovered lifeless together with his throat slit on Nationwide Freeway 48 in Karnataka’s Haveri district on August 25, stated the police.
The deceased was recognized as Lingesh M Tejappa, a resident of Chitradurga city, who ran a dance faculty and a restaurant together with his mates. His physique was discovered round 120 km away, within the Byadagi taluk of Haveri, subsequent to his bike parked on a flyover on NH-48, stated the police.
Based on a criticism filed by his mom Kavita M Tejappa, he left their house round 2.30 pm on August 24, saying that his pal Vicky alias Boda was celebrating his birthday and that he needed to provide him a gold chain as a present. She stated Lingesh took a gold chain from her earlier than leaving. When Kavita referred to as him round 8.45 pm, he informed her that he would return house inside half-hour, however by no means did, as per the criticism.
The subsequent day, the patrolling police observed the physique and knowledgeable the native police that there was an accident on the freeway round 9.30 am. Kavita and others reached the spot and recognized Lingesh’s physique. Primarily based on Kavita’s criticism, the Byadagi police registered a case of homicide and commenced a probe.
Yashodha S Vantagodi, Superintendent of Police, Haveri, visited the spot and stated that there was a deep harm to his throat. “We additionally discovered a blade subsequent to the physique. We now have obtained info that Lingesh went to Hubballi, however now we have but to substantiate it. We checked the entry and exits of the toll. We additionally checked who was with him,” she stated.
In the meantime, Vicky informed the police that his birthday is on September 17 and never August 24, as Lingesh had claimed.
“I used to be in Bengaluru on August 21. He referred to as me and stated that he was in concern. As he referred to as me a number of occasions, I returned to the city. We have no idea what occurred. I had additionally invested within the cafe. He had the behavior of consuming alcohol and steadily stated that he was having concern for no motive. On August 24, after I referred to as him, he stated he was close to Harihara and would attain city. However later, we discovered that he was lifeless,” stated Vicky.