Tumkur: Three motorcyclists were murdered in an early Tuesday morning traffic collision in Tumkur.

A bike was struck by a tractor trailer close to the Obalapur gate, causing the disaster.

Mohammed Asif (12), Mumtaz (38), and Shakir Hussain (48), the dead, were from the Madhugiri taluk’s Gondihalli hamlet.

At the Kora police station, a case has been filed.

The location was visited by rural CPI, Deputy Superintendent Chandrashekhar, and Police Superintendent Ashok Venkat.