Bodies of abducted students found in Bangalore

Bodies of the two BBM students who were abducted for a ransom of Rs5 crore from Hunsur town in Mysore district three days back were found in the wee hours of Sunday in Bannikuppe village in Chikkaballapur district.

The dead students have been identified as Sudheendra, 20, son of hardware shop owner Mohan Kumar and Vignesh, 20, son of provision store owner Srinath.

Sudheendra and Vignesh were studying II year BBM in Maharaja College, Mysore. They were abducted while they were on their way to Mysore to write their exams.

The abductors had sent a letter to Sudheendra’s father, Mohan Kumar, through a KSRTC bus driver. The letter was in Sudheendra’s handwriting and pleaded with Mohan Kumar to pay the ransom and get them released from the clutches of their abductors. The letter had also asked Mohan Kumar not to go to the police as it might endanger their lives.

Mohan Kumar, however, alerted the Hunsur police after receiving the letter. The parents of the abducted students had pressed into service.

Meanwhile, Mohan spared no effort in searching for his son. Police suspected the abductors were from Hunsur and knew Mohan Kumar well.