Representative image showing a dead body.
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Bengaluru: A private bus driver was hacked to death on Sunday by a stranger at a bar in New Guddadahalli near Mysuru Road in western Bengaluru.
Police identified the deceased as Yogendra Singh, a resident of Byatarayanapura, and arrested the suspect, named Umesh.
According to the police, Umesh and Singh had a petty argument at the bar on Friday. Umesh broke a liquor bottle and stabbed Singh, who later died due to profuse blood loss.
Umesh fled the scene and was tracked down by the police within hours. They have booked him for murder based on a complaint from Singh’s father.
Singh worked as a bus driver for a private company in Kolar and resided there. He visited his family in Bengaluru for Dasara and was to leave on Monday morning.