BENGALURU: A foreigner went missing after he hit a 43-year-old man’s head against a wall till he died over a rent-related row near Hoskote on Monday.
The deceased is Shivakumar, a resident of Melumakanahalli village and native of Molakalmuru, Chitradurga district. Police said he worked as a daily-wage labourer and was also manager for a landlord named Bharath. He used to collect rent and maintain water and other services at a building owned by Bharath. The suspect, Bobby, claimed to be from the West Indies and was living in a room in the building for more than four months. He was irregular in paying rent. On Sunday, Bharath asked him to vacate and sent him out of the building. Shivakumar noticed that Bobby was back in the room on Monday and informed Bharath, who again warned Bobby.