Five arrested for gruesome murder of Bangalore businessman

BANGALORE: Five persons, including a woman, have been arrested, in connection with the murder of an electronic goods dealer.
Mohan Lal alias Dagla Ram (23), Asha Mane Jadav (25), Mohammad Apsar (22), Mohammad Shahbaz (23) and Mohammad Latif (21) were arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of Surendra Kumar Jain Doka on May 18, police said on Wednesday.
Four mobile phones, a copy of a driving licence, two knives, a wire, Rs 8,000 and blood-stained clothes were recovered.
Interrogation revealed that Dagla Ram who had business dealings with Doka had plotted his murder with the help of four members for a sum of Rs one lakh.
"Jealousy was the main motive behind Doka's murder as Dagla Ram was angry with Doka for having misbehaved with Asha, an employee in his shop to whom he (Dagla Ram) was very close", police said.
Doka was strangulated with a wire and then stabbed.