Udupi police arrest four over hotelier’s murder

Udupi: Udupi police on Tuesday arrested four men accused of murdering a hotelier recently, and seized the vehicle used for the crime.
Vashishta Satyanarayana Yadav, 40, a native of Uttar Pradesh and the owner of Maya Bar in Navi Mumbai, was found murdered at Kukkehalli near Bellampalli in Hiriyadka police station limits at 11.30am on Monday.
According to police, the accused are Sumit Mishra, 23, an employee of Maya Bar, Abdul Shukur, 35, Avinash Karker, 25, and Mohammed Sharif, 32, all employees of a bus travels company.
It is said Sumit and Vashishtha had fought over money issue at the hotel three months ago. Vashishtha was subsequently brought to Udupi and strangulated using a rope, and his body was dumped at Bellampalli off Attradi-Kukkuhalli Road. Locals who saw the dead body, informed Hiriyadka police.
For investigation, Udupi SP Vishnuvardhan formed a team, which located the vehicle used in the crime, and arrested the four accused.