A 35-year-old autorickshaw driver was stabbed to death near Srinivasa Mandira at Balepete on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Suresh, a native of Huliyurdurga in Tumakuru.
Initial probe revealed that Suresh had partied with his friends the previous night and got drunk. He had heated arguments with his friends over a trivial row and got stabbed by his friends who fled the scene, said the police. Passers by noticed Suresh lying in a pool of blood and informed the police.
The Upparpete police have registered a case of murder and are looking for the accused to ascertain the cause of murder.
