<p>Bengaluru: A 17-year-old boy was found dead in north Bengaluru’s Abbigere on Sunday, police said.</p>.<p>Manjunath N, a resident of Abbigere, was hacked to death by a group of people in the early hours of Sunday, preliminary investigation by the Gangammanagudi police has revealed.</p>.<p>A passerby found Manjunath dead in an empty plot next to a narrow road adjacent to Wimac Circle under the Gangammanagudi police station limits.</p>.Here's how Karnataka cops cracked a 13-year-old murder case, all thanks to a cricket tourney.<p>An investigating officer reported that Manjunath sustained severe head injuries and suffered multiple blows to his body.</p>.<p>"According to the medical examination report, the death was due to a deadly blow to the head, though there were multiple injuries to his body. The assailants have used some sort of log or a rod to kill him,” the officer told DH, and added that he was murdered around 2.30 am on Sunday.</p>.<p>Police have registered an FIR under IPC Section 302 and have launched a probe in two angles: love and friendship. They are not ruling out other possibilities as well.</p>.<p><strong>Motive: Love? </strong></p>.<p>Police strongly believe love must be the motive for Manjunath’s murder, adding that they would question everyone in his close circle. His body was found about 200-250 metres away from his house.</p>.<p>Manjunath took his class 10-exam 2 a few months ago.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: A 17-year-old boy was found dead in north Bengaluru’s Abbigere on Sunday, police said.</p>.<p>Manjunath N, a resident of Abbigere, was hacked to death by a group of people in the early hours of Sunday, preliminary investigation by the Gangammanagudi police has revealed.</p>.<p>A passerby found Manjunath dead in an empty plot next to a narrow road adjacent to Wimac Circle under the Gangammanagudi police station limits.</p>.Here's how Karnataka cops cracked a 13-year-old murder case, all thanks to a cricket tourney.<p>An investigating officer reported that Manjunath sustained severe head injuries and suffered multiple blows to his body.</p>.<p>"According to the medical examination report, the death was due to a deadly blow to the head, though there were multiple injuries to his body. The assailants have used some sort of log or a rod to kill him,” the officer told DH, and added that he was murdered around 2.30 am on Sunday.</p>.<p>Police have registered an FIR under IPC Section 302 and have launched a probe in two angles: love and friendship. They are not ruling out other possibilities as well.</p>.<p><strong>Motive: Love? </strong></p>.<p>Police strongly believe love must be the motive for Manjunath’s murder, adding that they would question everyone in his close circle. His body was found about 200-250 metres away from his house.</p>.<p>Manjunath took his class 10-exam 2 a few months ago.</p>