3 priests found brutally murdered in Karnataka's Mandya temple

Three priests were found brutally murdered in the courtyard of Sri Arakeshwara Temple at Guttalu on the outskirts of Mandya city on Friday morning. The bodies of the priests, identified as Ganesh, Prakash and Anand, were found in a pool of blood with their heads crushed with boulders. The bodies were spotted by the villagers after they found the temple door open. The three deceased were cousins and served as temple priests. The three used to sleep on the premises for security of the temple and its property, the police stated. The temples come under the Muzrai department and this temple at Guttalu was rated as ‘B’ Group temple. IGP (Southern Range) Vipul Kumar rushed from Mysuru and visited the crime scene.