Chandrashekhar Guruji of ‘Saral Vastu’ fame was stabbed to death in a famous hotel in Karnataka's Hubballi district on Tuesday morning. Police have arrested two accused identified as Maltesh and Manjunath.


Police suspect that the Guruji had come to the President Hotel in the city for business purpose to meet someone. Learning about the incident, the Hubballi police commissioner Labhu Ram rushed to the spot.

CCTV footage showed two people stabbing him at the reception of the hotel. Scared by the violent incident, the people present nearby ran away from the spot.

Hubballi police commissioner Labhu Ram said, "Chandrashekhar Guru came to the President Hotel in the afternoon. Someone had asked him to come to the lobby. When he came there, two people were sitting. While one went him to namaskar, the other one started stabbing him. Then both these people assaulted the guru together."

The victim was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

"A case was filed in Vijay Nagar police station and the investigation was taken up by the ACP level officer. ACP North is investigating this case," the police officer added.