Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, Dec 1: The city police have arrested four people including a man who offered Rs 15 lac to get his wife murdered.
The arrested persons are Narendra Babu (38), the husband, and his associates vegetable vendor Chinnaswamy, cloth merchant Abhilash and auto rickshaw driver Sridhar, all from Vyalikaval in city.
As per details available, three of the suspects were waiting in an auto rickshaw near Vinayaka circle at Malleswaram around 4 am on Wednesday. The Vyalikaval beat police, who were on rounds, grew suspicious and checked the auto rickshaw. They found chilli powder and lethal weapons in the vehicle. Police picked them for further interrogation suspecting to be dacoits.
During interrogation, the suspects confessed that they were waiting at the spot to kill Babu's wife, Vinutha. They were waiting for her as she would come there for daily morning walk. They also told the police that Babu had paid them Rs 2 lac in advance for his wife’s murder.
Based on this information, the police arrested Babu, who also confessed to his involvement in the crime.
Babu told the police that his estranged wife Vinutha was creating trouble for him and his parents.
“As Vinutha, along with a man named Govindaraju from Hesaraghatta, had filed complaints against him, he wanted to eliminate her,” said police based on Babu’s confession.
The Vyalikaval police have registered a case.