The skeletal remains were found at a house located in a chawl (row tenement) at Mhatre Nagar in the Sonarpada area of Dombivli on January 3. (Representative image)
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News1807-01-2026, 12:08

Bengaluru Shaken: Girl Murdered, Farmer Dies by Suicide Amid Police Probe

  • Six-year-old Shahnaz Khatun abducted and murdered in Bengaluru; body found on Temple Road in Nallurhalli.
  • Police suspect a neighbor, also a migrant worker from West Bengal, in the girl's murder; strangulation suspected.
  • In a separate incident, farmer Manjunath (44) died by suicide in Hoskote Taluk, Bengaluru Rural district.
  • Manjunath's family alleges police harassment by staffer Ambarish over a missing woman's complaint led to his death.
  • Investigations are ongoing in both tragic cases to apprehend suspects and establish motives.

Why It Matters: Two tragic incidents, a child's murder and a farmer's suicide, rock Bengaluru, prompting police investigations.

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