Bannerghatta Police arrest,five including wife,son for man’s murder over property dispute

Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankaria

The Bannerghatta police on Thursday arrested a woman,her son and three of his friends for murdering her husband over property row.

The accused are Shobha alias Yashodha, her son Nikhil alias Abhi, 22, both residents of Garvebhavipalya, near HSR Layout, and their associates Gurukuran, 21, Vishwas, 20, both from Kaggalipura, and Manjunath, 29, from Begur.

Senior officer told media persons,Shobha was working as housekeeping staff at aprivate firm and living with her son Nikhil,22,a fabricator by profession at a rented house in Garvebhavipalya.

Recently Shobha realized that Channigarayappa was trying to sell his 21 gunts of agricultural land and wanted him to bequeath to Nikhil.But Channigarayappa refused to do so.

Enraged by this Nikhil on the pretext of inviting him for lunch on December 20,last year,offered him liquor.

After couple of drinks when Channigarayappa was sloshed,Nikhil with the help of his friends took him in a mini car to Byatarayana dossi lake bed in Banerghatta forest area tied his hands and legs and stabbed him to death.

The accused later poured two liters of petrol carried in a plastic bottle and set the body on fire before returning home.

The next day,forest watcher noticed the partially burnt body and informed the police.

The police registered a case with the help of missing persons bureau identified the body and began to investigate.

The investigation found that he was last seen with Nikhil and picked him up for investigations.

A detailed investigations led Nikhil not only to confess but also revealed the involvement of his friends identified as Guru Kiran, 21,Vishwa,26 and Manjunath,29,labourers and a cab driver , Lakshmi Ganesh,he added.

Finally IGP Central Range,Chandrashekhar,has appreciated,SP,Rural,Vamshi Krishna,Addl SP, Lakshmi Ganesh,and his whole team for solving the blind murder case and arresting all the five a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.