Treasure Hunt Murder

Three persons who were found burnt in a car in Tumakuru district hailed from Belthangadi Taluk of Mangaluru and they might have been duped on the pretext of 'treasure', police said on Saturday.

It was a treasure hunt gone terribly awry. Pankaj Bhardwaj, the owner of SV Public School at Ranhola village in southwest Delhi had committed suicide on March 22. On Sunday, his domestic help informed Bhardwaj's mother that the deceased had asked her to dig a three to four feet deep pit in the school's playground two days before his death. Apparent...

Three persons who were found burnt in a car in Tumakuru district hailed from Belthangadi Taluk of Mangaluru and they might have been duped on the pretext of 'treasure', police said on Saturday.

It was a treasure hunt gone terribly awry. Pankaj Bhardwaj, the owner of SV Public School at Ranhola village in southwest Delhi had committed suicide on March 22. On Sunday, his domestic help informed Bhardwaj's mother that the deceased had asked her to dig a three to four feet deep pit in the school's playground two days before his death. Apparent...