Two college students have been arrested for allegedly killing the owner of a paid guest accommodation hotel in East Bengaluru after a dispute over washing feet at a water tap turned into an assault on Monday, police said on Tuesday.
The victim, 37-year-old Madhav Maitli, owned a PG company on Kasturinagar Main Road where the incident took place at around 6.30pm. The accused were identified as 21-year-old Rakesh and 20-year-old Don Brightson.
“The two accused are friends and were staying in different accommodations of PG. They entered the PG building and started washing their feet in a common tap when the altercation started,” Inspector JG Satish of Ramamurthy Nagar police station said.
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Mitley reportedly objected to the act and approached the two men, leading to the assault. Investigators said that he picked up a cricket bat during the fight, but the defendants snatched it from him and beat him repeatedly, leaving him seriously injured. He was taken to a nearby private hospital where he died of his injuries. Police said the body was returned to his family after a post-mortem examination at Whitefield Hospital.
“The accused were pursuing courses in a private college and were in a drunken state when the incident occurred,” Satish said.
The victim was transferred to a nearby private hospital, where doctors were unable to save him.
The inspector added: “We have arrested the accused and are interrogating them. Further investigations are underway.” The case has been registered under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act.
