Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala (SP)

Karkala, Jun 11: In connection with the recovery of two burnt bodies of a man and a lady, at Pushpagiri near Halebeedu, Hassan district, on the night of Friday June 8 continues to puzzle the police. Police personnel from Hassan district arrived at Palli in the taluk on Saturday to probe the case.

Sandhya Acharya (28) from Elinje near Mulky had married Shankar Prasad Acharya from Palli here, who operated a shop at Palli where he worked as goldsmith, about five years back. In the same shop, Sandhya used to undertake tailoring work. The couple has a three-year-old son.

Girish from Hassan district, who was running a bakery at Palli, was also married. He was staying in a rented room and has left behind a three-year-old child apart from wife, sources stated.

The couple seemed to have left Palli on Friday evening and charred remains of their car with bodies of two human beings in it were found the same night at Pushpagiri near Halebeedu. There is suspicion that before fleeing, Girish would have committed murder or some other crime although nothing concrete has been found to support this suspicion so far.

Reports said that Sandhya and Girish got to know each other about a year back, after which they got attracted to each other. Sandhya's husband, who came to know about his wife's extra-marital relationship, had tried to convince her to mend her ways by getting the family of his in-laws to counsel with her and giving her some sane advice. But Sandhya was in no mood to heed to this advice. On the other hand, Girish too was unhappy with his wife. It is felt that the two would have hatched a plan and fled from Palli on the evening of June 8 in the car belonging to Girish.

The action of the lovers has left two families devastated. If the two had not drawn up a detailed plan for their future, there was no reason for them to leave their homes in a hurry to end their lives. If there was no plan, there was time to rethink on the issue. What made them to hurry through their plan of leaving their houses in a jiffy is still a secret. The two seem to have been unmindful of a trail of devastation they have left behind. Their respective spouses have become directionless, their children have become orphaned at a time they are in need of their support the most, and their parents would have been grieving their deaths and feeling ashamed at the same time. A little sane thinking would have saved their lives and these two families would have continued to survive and lead a cosy and comfortable life.