Chandrashekhar Gurujikilled by former staffers

Hubballi: Vaastu expert and astrologer Chandrashekhar Angadi (60), popularly known as ‘Saral Vastu Guruji’, was stabbed to death around Tuesday noon at a private hotel in Hubballi.
The two accused, Mahantesh Shirur and Manjunath Marewad, both residents of Dhumawad village in Kalghatagi taluk (Dharwad district), were arrested and Mahantesh’s wife Vanajakshi was detained for questioning. Guruji is survived by wife and daughter.

The two men, said to be Angadi’s former employees, were tracked based on their mobile location and arrested when they were heading to Bagalkot via Ramdurg. Police hired an excavator to stop their vehicle on the state highway. The accused had changed their clothes immediately after the crime before fleeing, police said.
“We’re yet to ascertain the reason for the murder,” said Labhu Ram, police commissioner of Hubballi-Dharwad twin cities. It may be recalled that some former employees of Saral Vaastu consultant firm had staged a dharna alleging that Guruji had not paid their salaries for a few months. The murder, which took place at 12.23pm, was captured by a CCTV camera installed in the hotel lobby. The murder lasted for 1 minute, 4 seconds.