Mangaluru : The police are going through the right to information applications filed by Vinayak Baliga as part of the investigation into his alleged murder here on Monday.

The 51-year-old Mr. Baliga, an electrical contractor, was allegedly hacked to death by unknown assailants near his house in Car Street on Monday morning.

According to a police official, Baliga had filed many RTI applications in the last three years.

It includes on electrical issues, on building violations and some pertaining to temples.

“We are going through these applications to find leads to the perpetrators,” the officer said.

Mr. Baliga was attacked by the assailants a few meters away from his house when he was going towards Tajmahal Hotel. The police could not gather much information from the images of CCTVs installed near the place of murder.