Overview
- The victim was identified as Dhanaraj, 24, whose decomposed body was found on November 6 near the Bannerghatta–Kaggalipura road.
- Police allege his elder brother Shivaraj, 28, with friends Sandeep, 24, and Prashanth, 26, killed him in a car on November 2.
- Investigators say Shivaraj summoned him to Bengaluru on the pretext of a job before a fatal machete attack inside the vehicle.
- The body was allegedly dumped near a lake, with the bloodstained floor mat and the weapon discarded near the Electronic City–NICE Road.
- A murder case has been registered, all three accused have been arrested, and a court has remanded them to judicial custody.