The abducted son of an income tax officer was found dead on Friday near a lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru, reported The Times of India. The police have arrested six suspects in connection with the case, including one of his friends.
Sharath N was abducted near his house in Kengeri on September 12. The police suspect that the abductors strangled the 19-year-old to death the same night. They had sent his father Niranjan Kumar and his wife a WhatsApp video demanding a ransom of Rs 50 lakh.
The abductors allegedly killed Sharath after finding out that Kumar had filed a police complaint, according to India Today. The report added that the suspects had initially dumped the body in the lake. But a few days later, after they found it floating in the lake, they removed the body and buried it beside it.
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