23
Dec

Man murdered with electric chainsaw

Srirangapatna:  A man, claiming to be delivering an electric chainsaw, allegedly murdered a house owner in Srirangapatna rural with the same chainsaw last evening. Moments after the incident, the victim’s wife locked up the assailant and alerted her neighbours who handed him over to the Police.
The victim, Ramesh of Kyathanahalli village in Pandavapura Taluk, was suffering from paralysis and he lived with his wife Yashodamma at his farmhouse. The assailant has been identified as 27-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim, a resident of Anchekeri Street in Srirangapatna and  an employee at the TVS factory in Nanjangud.
It is reported that Ibrahim was addicted to online gambling and had accumulated numerous loans from private financiers. After losing substantial money in online gambling, the financiers began pressuring him to repay the debt, which led him to commit his first crime to earn quick money.
Details: Ramesh, who had constructed the farmhouse on the outskirts of Kyathanahalli, lived there with his wife. Despite its rural setting, the farmhouse resembled a luxury home from the outside.