Daijiworld Media Network - Dharwad (SP)
Dharwad, Aug 13: A case which resembles the murder case of Bhaskar Shetty at Udupi came into the open here on Friday August 12.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, city police commissioner, Pandurang Rane, said that Anil Revankar (44), residing at Anand Nagar, Hubballi, was killed on November 5, 2015 at Ranebennur by his wife, Anita Revankar (35) residing at Gopanakoppa, son, Nithin (18), her brother, Mahantesh Patil (32), and Patil's wife, Geetha (20).
Anita had fallen in love with Anil and in spite of opposition from his family, married Anil in 1996. After nearly 20 years of married life, the marriage was on the brink of collapse. Anita started to live with son Nitin, and daughter, in a rented home separately at Gopanakoppa. Anil, in course of time, developed suspicion that Anita had developed illicit relationship with a third person. He had fought with her on this issue.
Frustrated by this, Anita planned to kill her husband. On November 5 last year, Mahantesh took Anil to Ranebennur by train. On this occasion, he offered buttermilk mixed with sleeping pills to Anil. Chilli powder was then sprayed into Anil's eyes, before he was smothered to death with a pillow. The accused then brought the body of Anil same night in a car from Ranebannur to Kumarapatna Cross near Harihar, from where it was carried in a motor bike, before dropping it off into River Tungabhadra.
Anita had filed complaint with police on November 20, 2015 saying that her husband had been missing since November 3.
In the recent past, Anil's mother had filed police complaint, alleging that her daughter-in-law and grandson had murdered her son. The police, who investigated from this angle, got to know the truth, Rane said.