Whitefield Murder Case: Accused Held After Fatal Assault on Alcoholic Man Near Under-Construction Building
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- •Mehboob Basha (59), a Kundalahalli resident with a long history of alcohol addiction, died on May 24, 2026, after being allegedly assaulted by Sundaramurthy alias Shankar (26) near an under-construction building.
- •Police initially suspected accidental death due to intoxication but later reclassified the case as murder after forensic and witness evidence indicated a fatal assault.
- •The accused and the victim were reportedly consuming alcohol together before a quarrel escalated into a violent attack in which Basha was struck with a wooden stick.
- •The accused has been arrested and booked under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for murder; further investigation is underway.
Bengaluru’s Whitefield police have arrested a 26-year-old man on charges of murder after a case initially treated as an accidental death due to intoxication was reclassified following forensic and witness evidence. The deceased, identified as S. Mehboob Basha (59), a resident of Kundalahalli, died on the night of May 24, 2026, near an under-construction building under Whitefield police station limits. The accused, Sundaramurthy alias Shankar, has been booked under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for murder.
