Belthangady: In a rivalry over a land dispute, two men brutally murdered their neighbour near a bar in Ujire during the night hours of November 30.
Annu (35) was repeatedly stabbed by Girish, accompanied by a person named Venkatesh.
Victim Annu had gone to buy few chocolates for his child from a road side shop near S R Bar and the two men waiting for him seized the opportunity and attacked him. Victim collapsed on the ground and succumbed due to excessive bleeding.
It is gathered that an age old rivalry over land dispute led to the murder.
Belthangadi police swung into action and succeeded in nabbing the killers within two hours of the incident.
Body of the deceased was sent to Mangaluru hospital for post mortem.