An SSLC student was stabbed to death with a handgun and stoned on his head

An incident in which an SSLC student was stabbed to death with a handgun and stoned on his head and the assailants fled near Muchandi village in Belgaum taluk.

Prajwal Shivananda Karigara (16), a resident of Belgaum Shivaji Nagar, is the murdered student. Before the murder, the student's family had lodged a complaint at the Belgaum Camp Police Station regarding the student's disappearance.

The dead body was found in a semi-naked state and the identity of a student studying in a private school in Belgaum was identified from the school uniform.

The exact reason for the murder is not known. DCP Ravindra Gadadi, ACP Girish visited the place and inspected. The incident was registered under Marihala police station of Belgaum taluk.