BENGALURU: The city police have taken a man, identified as Indushekar (53), into custody after he reportedly confessed to have killed seven members of his family following marital dispute. Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Babasab Nemagoud stated that authorities have registered a case and are currently verifying the facts and details. Meanwhile, the police have fanned out to locate the bodies of the deceased.
The incident occurred in Srirampura police limits and the deceased were identified as Roopavathi (mother-in-law), Sunitha (wife), Shivakumar (brother-in-law), Shankar (brother-in-law), Divya (Shivakumar’s wife), Nalini (Shankar’s wife) and Puneeth (7) (Shankar’s son). Indushekar was reportedly angry with his wife due to frequent domestic quarrels and was aided in the killings by his 16-year-old daughter, sources said.
Indushekar allegedly poisoned their food one by one and, after killing them, he dumped the bodies at Nandi Hills, Chamundi Hills, Charmadi Ghat, Salem and other places. All deceased had been reported as missing. When suspicion arose and he was questioned, the accused spilled the beans. He was a resident of Srirampura was driving a cab for a private company.
The police had launched an investigation based on a complaint filed by Sunitha’s mother Roopavathi after she was reported missing. Indushekar had been arrested in a robbery case in Madanayakanahalli station in 2018. He is currently being kept at the Rajajinagar police station and being subject to intense interrogation.
North Division DCP Nyamagoud told Public TV that the first missing person’s case was registered in Srirampura. Now, a murder case has beeen registered in Rajajinagar police station. The police have information about a 13-year-old child surviving and have found the body of Puneeth (7) which was thrown in Nandi Hills.
Indushekar allegedly killed his wife with a grinding stone. He later invited his brothers-in-law Shivakumar and Shankar to alcohol and killed them. He later killed Shankar’s wife Nalini and Shivakumar’s wife Divya. His house is near Bhashyam Circle in Rajajinagar while the wife’s house is in Srirampura police limits.
Indushekhar married Sunitha two decades ago and discord between couple over family matters erupted recently. Even though they had compromised many times, domestic disputes continued. Indushekhar was unhappy about his wife’s mother and brothers supporting her. Sunitha used to go to her parental home in Srirampura though he had restricted her from going to parental home. He accused had developed hatred against his wife who did not cut ties with parental family and hatched a murder plot thinking that his wife’s family is a threat to his life.
Senior officers including West Division Joint Police Commissioner Vamsi Krishna and North Division DCP Nemagoud visited Rajajinagar police station and are monitoring the investigation. A team of three ACPs has formed under the leadership of the DCP to find the bodies and investigation of case.
Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh told the media on Friday, “A missing person’s case was registered on November 3 at Srirampura police station. During investigation, it was revealed that the accused had killed his wife and six of her family members. We have registered a case of murder at Rajajinagar police station and one body has been found. We still have to recover six more bodies. As per the accused, he had killed seven people. We are questioning him and trying to locatee the other bodies. This is a serious case and the joint commissioner (west) is heading the investigation. All the murders were committed in the last 15-20 days”.
