Drunken brawl turns deadly: Labourer beaten to death near construction site, accused arrested

A case, which was initially suspected to be an accidental death due to intoxication, has now turned into a murder case after the Whitefield police uncovered evidence pointing to a fatal assault near an under-construction building in Kundalahalli under Whitefield police station limits.

The deceased has been identified as S. Mehboob Basha, 59, a resident of Kundalahalli, while the accused has been identified as Sundaramurthy alias Shankar, 26. The police have arrested the accused and booked him under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for murder.