Overview
- Police identified the deceased as 21-year-old Manjunath, a resident of Tarikere taluk in Chikkamagaluru district.
- According to the FIR, the woman’s brother Kiran called Manjunath to an underpass where fiancé Venu confronted him about the social-media post.
- Kiran allegedly stabbed Manjunath multiple times, after which the assailants fled the scene, investigators said.
- Manjunath was taken to the Tarikere government hospital and referred to Shivamogga, where he died around 12:10 am Thursday.
- Officers arrested Kiran, Venu, Appu and Manu and registered a case under BNS Sections 352 and 103(1) as the investigation continues.