The Bagalagunte police have arrested a 22-year-old man on the charges of strangulating his 53-year-old father along with his elder brother and his friend at their house on September 3.

An autopsy revealed that the death was due to strangulation,leading police to arrest Praveen Reddy,the friend of the prime suspect Manoj,who is still at large.

Investigations showed that on September 3,Manoj,a class 10 dropout and unemployed,called his mother—who was out with her younger son—and told her that his father, Manjunath,a carpenter from Dasarahalli,had died by suicide.

Based on the Post-mortem report,the police zeroed in on Manoj who was last seen with Manjunath when he was alive.However Manoj sensing trouble escaped .

The police set a massive manhunt for him and while checking his call record

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