Man held,Clueless Murder case of Ragpicker detected by Hennur police after 22 days

Pramesh S Jain.Yogesh K Porwar

The East Division police of Hennur police have detected a clueless murder case of Ragpicker who was hacked to death in BBMP park on May 14.

The accused has been identified as,Satish,30, hailing from Mallur in Kolar.

Senior officer told media persons,A 43 year old Ragpicker body was found in BBMP park in Hennur on May 14. The person was lying in the park in a pool of blood.

As soon as the Incident was reported Hennur police inspector M Vasanth Kumar and his crime staff with senior officers rushed to the spot and finger print experts and forensic experts with sniffer dog was pressed into action.

After Inspecting the spot the team identified the deceased as Ashok a Ragpicker in the area who used to take shelter in the park.

A special team was formed by DCP,East,Dr.SD Sharanappa under the supervision of ACP, Banaswadi Sub-Division Ningappa B Sakkri,PI,M Vasanth Kumar and his crime staff swung into action.

The team visited the crime scene and found a blood soaked print of slippers found next to the body of a ragpicker who was hacked to death inside the BBMP park in Hennur on May 14 which helped the police to crack the case after 22 days .

The team found the body of 43 year old Ashok  from Gulbarga in a pool of blood with multiple injuries on his body .

The police team found that the assailant was wearing slippers as few footprints were found in and around the body.

The special team rounded up all the rag pickers who were visiting the park and got their foot prints to match but it did not yield any result.

During the course of investigations the police found that Satish,30,another ragpicker who was regular visitor of the park was missing since the day of the murder .

Our team kept a close watch and on Saturday got a tip off from other ragpickers that Satish had come back.

A team of police led by M Vasanth Kumar rushed to the spot and secured Satish and got his footprint measured not only to find the match but also the design of the slipper he was wearing.

A detailed questioning led him to confess to the crime and the accused Sathish revealed that Ashok had occupied his space at the park where he would sleep regularly.

The duo had a fight over the space following which Ashok,who was in an inebriated state abused him verbally using unparliamentary language.

In a fit of rage,Satish attacked him with a chopper which he was carrying with him to segregate garbage and pick rags .

Satish was so furious that he attacked Ashok 12 times,hacking him to death on the spot .

Since it was dark he did not realize that he was leaving the footprint and walking on the pool of blood.

He came out of the park,threw the chopper behind in an isolated building and went back to his native Mallur in Kolar.

After spending a few days Satish returned to the city and was arrested by the police .

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP East,Dr.SD Sharanappa,ACP Banaswadi Sub-Division,Ningappa B Sakkri,PI M Vasanth Kumar,and his crime team who has done a tremendous job in detecting the clueless murder case for the good piece of investigation,by the team a suitable reward will be given to the them he added.