the officer added that badawdagis parents said he worked at a foundry in tardal village we suspect that metal rods were used to attacked him police have said they suspect that a gang is involved in the murder we have detained three suspects on sunday night badawdagi made a call to his father and told him that he will return home late due to additional work this was the last call he made using his mobile phone said the officer according to the police the youth identified as umesh badawdagi a resident of hatkanangle taluka was involved in house breakins and thefts and the nexus between him and other criminals may have been reason behind his murder we could not identify the body as there were marks on the face so we called his family members who identified him said an officer investigating the case we suspect that a gang of four to five persons was involved in attacking and murdering him they had come in contact with badawdagi during the last six months and a dispute among them over some personal matter may have been the reason for the murder his body was found near the compound wall of the garden and his clothes were soaked in blood the body of a 23yearold youth who was on police record was found at a road near bhagatsingh udyan in ichalkaranji on tuesday during panchnama we found marks on various parts of the body and behind the head we have spotted one person in the footage and are trying to find out who he is said godase cctv footage from nearby places was recovered and we are examining it police have booked three persons in connection with the incident and detained them kolhapur