Tumakuru: The bodies of three men hailing from Belthangady were discovered inside a burnt car located on the banks of Kucchangi lake in in Tumkuru district, on Friday.

The victims were identified as Shahul (45), an auto-rickshaw driver residing in TB Cross, Belthangady taluk, Isaac (56) from Maddadka, and Imtiaz (34) from Shirlalu.

Upon receiving information from locals who stumbled upon the car wreckage while heading to the lake, senior police officials, including Superintendent of Police Ashok KV, Additional Superintendent Mariyappa, and Deputy Superintendent Chandrashekhar, visited the scene to assess the situation.

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The Tumakuru Rural Police have initiated a case in response to the incident, with investigations currently underway. To aid in the probe, forensic experts from the Forensic Sciences Laboratory (FSL) and a canine unit have been summoned to conduct thorough examinations. The exact circumstances surrounding the deaths and the cause of the car fire remain subjects of investigation.

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Chennai, Apr 28: Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad missed his second successive IPL century by a whisker, while pacers Tushar Deshpande and Matheesha Pathirana decimated the Sunrisers Hyderabad batting as Chennai Super Kings won their IPL home game by 78 runs here on Sunday.

After Gaikwad scored a 54-ball 98 and shared a 107-run partnership with Daryl Mitchell (52) to give CSK a healthy 212/3, Deshpande (4/27) and Sri Lankan Pathirana (2/17) came up with match-winning bowling figures to dismiss SRH for 134 in 18.5 overs.

Deshpande took the wickets of opener Travis Head (13) and Anmolpreet Singh (0) in his first over before getting rid of Abhishek Sharma (15) and captain Pat Cummins (5), while Pathirana got the dangerous Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen to demolish SRH.

Brief Scores:

Chennai Super Kings: 212 for 3 in 20 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 98, Daryl Mitchell 52, Shivan Dube 39 not out)

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 134 allout in 18.5 overs (Aiden Markram 32, Heinrich Klaasen 20; Shardul Thakur 1/27, Tushar Deshpande 4/27, Matheesha Pathirana 2/17, Mustafizur Rahman 2/19).