Davanagere, July 22 -- Police have registered a case against two brothers for allegedly exhuming their mother's body without legal permission and transporting it on a motorcycle in an attempt to secure a second post-mortem examination in Karnataka's Davanagere district.

The case has been registered at Malebennur police station against Venkatesh and Manjunath, residents of Adapur village in Harihar taluk. The brothers allegedly dug up the grave of their mother, Eeramma (58), and transported her body to the Davanagere District Hospital, claiming her death was suspicious and demanding a fresh post-mortem examination.

Davanagere Superintendent of Police H.T. Shekhar said an unnatural death case had already been registered following Eeramma'...