Sushma Gowda (Correspondent)
Armed men hacked a 30 year old habitual offender in front of his house in rose garden in Ashoknagar area on Tuesday night.
The deceased has been identified as,Ravi Verma,30,a habitual offender who was released recently from jail.
Senior officers with jurisdiction police rushed to spot and cordoned off the area and sniffer dog with finger print experts rushed to spot and pressed into action.
After Inspecting the spot he said,the deceased Ravi Verma,a habitual offender in Vivek Nagar having several cases pending against him was arrested and released recently .
Preliminary investigation says On tuesday evening he was walking home and while he was a few yards away from home,the armed gang attacked and escaped after stabbing him multiple times.
The profusely bleeding Verma was taken to the hospital where he was declared as brought dead.
The Ashok Nagar police have taken up a case and are investigating to identify the accused and to ascertain the reason behind the murder he added.
Construction labourer stabbed to death by assailants in Vidyaranyapura:
In another incident a 25-year-old construction labourer was stabbed to death near a makeshift house where he was staying in Vidyaranyapuram on Tuesday night .
The deceased has been identified as,Prakash,25, native of Hubballi was working at an under construction house and staying in a shed near the construction site.
senior officer said,on Tuesday he was walking home when the assailants confronted and stabbed him repeatedly leaving him bleeding to death.
The incident came to light early in the morning when residents noticed the man lying in a pool of blood on the roadside and alerted the police.The Vidyaranyapura police have taken up a case and are investigating.
