Early Tuesday morning, a tenthouse owner was found murdered at an open farmland on Kaggalipura Main Road near Bannerghatta. Local inhabitants found an sports utility vehicle abandoned at the farmland and the body of a man lying close by with his throat slit.
The deceased was identified as Rajanna alias Gidda Rajanna, 55years-old, a resident of Kariyappanahalli.
Rajanna was running a tenthouse in Bannerghatta. He was also into realty and money-lending business. When he did not return home on monday, even by late evening, his family members were worried and called him on his mobile phone.
According to police, Rajanna answered the call and told the family that he was in a neighbouring village and would return soon. But, he never came back and was found murdered on Tuesday morning.
Bannerghatta police are investigating the case.