Hyderabad, October 24: A retired government civil surgeon, who allegedly used to rent out some portions of his house to run brothels, was smothered to death in his house at Tappachabutra on Friday.
Police suspect that some women killed the doctor but the motive behind the killing isn’t known yet.
The retired civil surgeon resided alone in a three-storeyed building at Sharadanagar Colony near Gudimalkapur.
The victim, Dr Naganath Shankarappa Mukhedkar (75) worked in several parts of the State before retiring as a civil surgeon of Sangareddy Government Hospital in Medak district more than a decade back.
Mukhedkar lived alone after his wife passed away in 2006. His sons work in Australia and Mysore, both software engineers.
Mukhedkar’s killing came to light on Friday morning when Shashikala, the domestic help, turned up for work. The door was open and Shashikala found Mukhedkar lying dead on the floor. She ran to the second floor and informed the bachelors who are staying there,” Tappachabutra police inspector S Trimurthulu said.
Mukhedkar had rented out two portions on the other two floors to bachelors.
“The assailants used a dupatta to choke him to death. Blood came out of his mouth due to breathlessness,” the inspector said.
Mukhedkar was last seen by one of the tenants, Karimullah, last night. He was seen lying on the bed then.
Police, who questioned the tenants and locals, found that Mukhedkar facilitated a prostitution racket in the empty portions of his house. “Several women used to visit the house at odd hours and locals suspected that he was running a brothel there,” the inspector said.
According to the police, Mukhedkar was into gambling as well.
CLUES team experts visited the house and collected fingerprints. Police registered a case under Section 302 (Murder) and are investigating.
–Agencies