Overview

• Twenty-six-year-old Vijay Murthy was stabbed multiple times and killed in Janata Colony in J. J. Nagar on Saturday night hours after his release on bail from Parappana Agrahara Central Prison
• Arun and Deepu lured Vijay under the guise of a compromise before carrying out the attack to avenge a stabbing during a religious procession three months earlier
• J. J. Nagar police tracked the duo to a forested area in R. R. Nagar on Sunday and shot both suspects in the leg after they allegedly assaulted officers while attempting to flee
• The suspects have been booked for murder and assaulting government servants and are receiving hospital treatment for their gunshot wounds
• Investigators are examining the full scope of the suspects’ criminal records, which include charges of murder, attempt to murder and dacoity