India, Oct. 8 -- Mysuru, Oct. 8 (RK,BCT&BS)- Just a day after the chilling broad-daylight murder of 38-year-old moneylender Venkatesh, alias Gilki Venkatesh, near Mysore Palace on Doddakere Maidan Main Road, City Police cracked the case by arresting six persons within 24 hours of the incident.

The accused

City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar identified the arrested as: Keerthi Kumar, 28, of Naidu Nagar; Hallappa, 24, of Gayathripuram; Nandan, 27, of Veerangere; Nirup, 28, of Siddartha Layout; Bharath, 22, of Nazarbad; and Dhruvakumar, 24, from Mylapura in Mandya district.

Acting on clues from the crime scene and following the viral circulation of incident photos on social media, Nazarbad Police traced the accused to their hideouts on ...