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Autorickshaw driver's body found

By Our Staff Correspondent

TUMKUR, SEPT. 13. The body of Oba Reddy (35), an autorikshaw driver, was found at Veerammanahalli on Monday evening.

The police said Oba Reddy, a resident of Water Tank Road, was seen driving his vehicle (autorikshaw) along with his two friends at around 4 p.m..

They were going to his native village, Kadpalagere, where they reportedly met his sister, Nagamani, president of the women's wing of the Janata Dal (Secular).

His body was found under a tamarind tree near Veerammanahalli at around 7 p.m.

The police, who found a bottle of poison near the body, suspect that he was murdered.

The police have taken into custody his two friends who had gone with him for questioning.

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