Labourer murdered for not paying up to sleep in public place

Kasargod, Sep 5: The police have arrested a history-sheeter in connection with the murder of Sharanappa, a native of Shimoga in Karnataka, at Nullippady locality in Kasargod.

34-year-old Maniyan, a resident of Nullippady locality was taken into custody on Sunday on charges of murdering the man and injuring his friend Maruthi, 40, a native of Hassan in Karnataka, while he and a dozen people were sleeping in the veranda of a shopping complex previous night.

Sharanappa, 38, whose head and abdomen were crushed with stones by the accused, was declared “brought dead” though he was rushed to a private hospital nearby, Town Sub-Inspector of police Ranjith Raveendran said. Police said that Sharanappa, a casual labourer, was killed after he refused to part with money as sought by the goon for facilitating to spend the night at the veranda.

In the melee that followed, Maniyan, who was said to be involved in two other criminal cases, inflicted serious injuries using stone, police, quoting eyewitnesses, said.

Police registered a case in connection with the incident, they said.