Bengaluru: The police made major arrests in connection with the murder of Ayyappa Dore, former vice-chancellor (VC) of Alliance University, who was recently hacked to death.
The Bengaluru North police arrested Sudhir Angur, VC of Alliance University and his associate Suraj Singh in connection with the case.
“It was a Rs 1 crore supari killing,” informed city police commissioner Bhaskar Rao.
“We found that the motive behind the murder was a dispute related to the ownership of Alliance University,” he added.
It can be recalled that Dr D Ayyappa Dore was brutally murdered near his home in RT Nagar, Bengaluru late on October 15 night while he was out for a walk in his neighbourhood.