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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

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Mangalore, Jul 11: A man accused in a murder case was hacked to death at Moodushedde here on Friday July 11.

The deceased has been identified as Bharat alias Prabhu (27).

Bharat, who was walking to meet a friend near Shubhodaya School in Moodushedde Shivanagar at around 5 pm on Friday was hacked to death with machetes by two persons who came on a bike.

Bharat was the prime accused in the murder of Kadle Manja alias Manjunath near T T Temple at Bajilkeri in the city on the night of February 1, 2009. Along with Bharat, two others, Guruprasad and Harish, were arrested and jailed in this case. Relating to this murder, Guruprasad was murdered by some miscreants with lethal weapons near Juice Corner at Bibi Alabi Road, Bunder in the city on April 23, 2012.

Bharat was earlier residing at Bajilkeri. He had shifted his residence to Moodushedde about 18 months ago. Bharat's attempts at committing suicide because of harassment by other inmates of Mangalore jail when he was lodged here had made headlines sometime back. He was later shifted to Hindalga Jail Belgaum and to Bangalore jail, before being sent back to the district jail here.

City commissioner, R Hitendra, deputy commissioners of police, Dr K V Jagadish and N Vishnuvardhan, city crime branch inspector, Valentine D'Souza, Panambur police inspector, Lokesh, Kavoor police sub-inspector, Umesh and other officials visited the spot.

On the basis of a complaint filed by Vinod, cousin of the deceased, a case was registered in Kavoor police station. The complaint has named Shylesh and his associates as murder suspects.