Bengaluru advocate shot dead in alleged rent dispute; two suspects absconding

Bengaluru, Oct 19 (UNI) A 42-year-old advocate was allegedly shot dead following a dispute over unpaid rent at his residence in Pattandur Agrahara here around midnight on Sunday, police said on Monday. The deceased was identified as Manjunath, a resident of Pattandur Agrahara under the jurisdiction of Whitefield police station. According to preliminary investigations, an argument had reportedly broken out between the advocate and two tenants over non-payment of rent about an hour before the shooting. The advocate sustained a gunshot wound to the head and was rushed to Manipal Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. The two accused, who…