According to Naveen s family, a day before the incident, he had gone to his acquaintance Shekhar s house after some persons told him that the latter had called him. Things took a turn when Naveen did not return home that night. In his complaint, the victim s brother Shivakumar C S stated that on April 9, he got a call from someone saying that his brother was at Shekhar s house in Kempashettidoddi village.