# 18-year-old migrant found murdered near Bengaluru’s Bellandur Lake 2026-08-07T11:57:01+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet An 18-year-old man, Agrojith L Mallik, a native of West Bengal's Nadia district, was found murdered near Bellandur Lake in southeast Bengaluru on Friday morning. Passersby alerted police after spotting the body around 6.50 am. A labourer who first saw the body called the helpline; patrolling officers later found Mallik's head had been smashed with a stone at a vacant site adjacent to the lake. The Bellandur police have filed a murder case under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Teams are scanning CCTV footage to trace the accused. Police suspect a petty fight may have led to the killing, but the motive is not yet established. ## Coverage - deccanherald.com - thehindu.com Tags: Bellandur Lake, Bengaluru, crime, murder, police investigation Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/18-year-old-found-murdered-near-bellandur-lake-in-bengaluru/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/18-year-old-found-murdered-near-bellandur-lake-in-bengaluru/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.