BANGALORE, July 27: The case around the mysterious bomb blast in a saloon last year has been solved following the arrest of three persons, Venkatesh Murthy (28) and Hanif (20) of Kanakapura and Vekatesh (28) of Kolagondanahalli. It was disclosed that Vekatesh Murthy had planted the bob in a tape recorder to kill his father-in-law, Muniraju, the owner of the saloon, due to a family problem. On the day of the blast, Muniraju was in Tirupati and the bomb killed Raju (12), an assistant in the saloon.

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