Bangalore:
A dispute between two call girls from rival brothels led to the brutal murder of a local financier in Basaveshwar Nagar here on Sunday.
The victim, Vijay Kumar (26), was a frequent visitor to a brothel where Gayatri worked, while Tommy alias Jagga, the local goon, used to visit Lakshmi regularly at her brothel.
Lakshmi and Gayatri had a heated argument and the former threatened the latter with dire consequences and even said that she could bump her off with the help of her client, Tommy. Gayatri complained to Kumar about Lakshmi's threat, who in turn warned Tommy to stay away from her.
This did not go down well with Tommy and he invited Kumar for a drink at Benaka Bar in Basaveshwar Nagar on Sunday under the pretext of a compromise where his associates hacked Kumar to death.
Quick action
Based on a tip off, the Basaveshwar Nagar police managed to nab the gang of five, led by Tommy, and seized the weapons used in the crime.
The other accused have been identified as Venkatesh, (25), Ram Kumar (19), Kulle Gowda, (31) and Manjunath (28).
"The accused have been remanded to judicial custody and we have made both the sex workers as approvers in this case," a police official said. The cops are currently on the lookout for some autorickshaw drivers, who are involved in the murder.
"We suspect that the accused have availed loans from Kumar and supported Tommy in bumping him off in order to avoid repayment," Inspector Geetha Kulkarni, Basaveshwar Nagar police station said.
Kumar used to provide finance to autorickshaw drivers in the area and also had a group of recovery agents to do his collections.