Bangalore: Ex-Lover Arrested for Kundapur Girl's Brutal Murder
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, May 29: BTM Layout in the city witnessed the shocking murder of a 23-year-old woman right in the middle of the road. The miscreants, said to be two men, hacked her with a matchete on the neck and sped away.
The deceased is Divya Sharma, a native of Saligrama in Kundapur and one among the three daughters of Shyama and Shantha. She was a resident of NS Palya and employed in a shoe manufacturing company in Koramangala, and stayed with her parents and sisters.
Ranjith, her ex-boyfriend has been arrested in the case.
The incident is said to have taken place in the evening on a busy street. Divya was walking home after getting down from a bus, when two persons came on a bike and one of them struck a machete on her neck and fled, leaving behind the weapon.
Though Divya was rushed to a hospital, she died on the way.
The needle of suspicion has pointed towards Ranjith, who is said to be her ex-boyfriend. According to reports, Divya broke up with him and was engaged to another man named Pradeep. Ranjith may have killed her as a revenge, it is surmised.
The police were on the lookout for Ranjith, and arrested him on Tuesday May 29.
The police have also taken Divya's mobile phone into possession to track her calls. It is said that her fiance Pradeep was getting threat calls.
Mico Layout police have registered a case of murder.