Hassan, May 15 -- A resident of Kodagu was found murdered in Hassan yesterday. Sampath, also known as Shambhu, was found dead in Sakleshpur taluk, Hassan District.

Police said the assailants murdered him and used his car to transport the body, dumping it in a forest area near Kallahalli before fleeing and leaving the vehicle behind.

Sampath is a resident of Kakkehole Junction in Somwarpet Taluk, Kodagu district. His decomposed body was discovered in a deep forested gorge near Kallahalli, four days after he went missing.

He was a contractor and the prime accused in a 2016 egg-pelting incident involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah when he was the Opposition Leader visiting Madikeri. The Police had arrested him for pelting an egg on Sidda...