Bengaluru real estate businessman hacked to death in front of wife

On Friday morning, a 39-year-old real estate businessman, Charan Gowda, was brutally hacked to death in front of his wife near Punjab National Bank in Yelahanka New Town, Bengaluru, police reported. Gowda, who had been in the real estate business for approximately ten years, was killed when two unidentified men attacked him with weapons around 10:30 am as he arrived at his office, Dhani Properties, in a car.

His distraught wife, who witnessed the attack, immediately raised the alarm, but the assailants had already fled the scene. The police, upon receiving information of the heinous crime, visited the spot and transported Gowda's body to a nearby government hospital for further examination.

CCTV footage from the bank and surrounding buildings is being meticulously analyzed by the police to identify the attackers and discern their escape route. Simultaneously, they are also investigating the possibility of a real estate or land transaction dispute that may have triggered the murder. Additionally, they are examining the possibility of a contract killing, although the exact motive remains to be ascertained.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (North East Division), G K Mithun Kumar, stated that a special team has been formed to trace the perpetrators and that a murder case has been registered. The police are also gathering information from Gowda's wife and other witnesses to aid their investigation.