BENGALURU: A day after a man confessed to murdering his wife and six others of her family, including a seven-year-old boy, the bodies of the wife Sunitha and her mother Roopavathi were found in the Yercaud forest along Salem ghat in Tamil Nadu. On Friday, the body of Puneeth (7) was found in Nandi Hills.
Police sources said that the killer Indushekhar himself identified the bodies of his wife Sunitha and mother-in-law Roopavathi. The bodies were found in decomposed state in Salem forest on Friday night. When accused was taken at midnight, he identified the dead bodies.
Police have informed family members about this and took them to Salem on Saturday and after post-mortem examination, the bodies will be handed over to the family members. The family members were expected to bring the bodies to Bengaluru by Saturday evening and conduct the last rites at Hosaguddadahalli, Mysuru Road. The police had made arrangements to transport the bodies from Salem to Bengaluru.
The accused Indushekhar had killed seven people including his wife, out of which three bodies have been found. Seven-year-old Puneeth’s body was found in Nandi Hills, and after post-mortem, last rites were performed. The bodies of Shivakumar and Shankar (brothers-in-law), Divya (Shivakumar’s wife) abd Nalini (Shankar’s wife) are yet to be found.
Investigating teams have fanned out to Tamil Nadu, Chamunid Hills in Mysuru, Charmadi Ghat in Hassan district to trace the other bodies.
