BENGALURU: Bengaluru police have solved a double murder case of a retired employee of University of Agricultural Sciences and his wife, by arresting a 27-year-old assailant. The Kodigehalli police said that it is a case of murder for gain as he had escaped with mangalasutra after killing the couple.
The accused has been identified as Venkatesh alias Pilla Venkatesh, a driver by profession. He was a resident of Misaganahalli village near Yelahanka was also in a chit fund business.
On July 5, R Muniyappa (68), a retired employee of GKVK, and his wife Varalakshmi (60), were found with their throats slit at their residence in Byatarayanapura near Yelahanka. The murder came to light only after a few days and the bodies were found at decomposed state.
The police said that couple's younger son Prithviraj had come in contact with Venkatesh as he was working with Nishanth, who is a friend of Prithviraj. Nishanth often used to come to couples' residence to meet Prithviraj and Venkatesh was dropping him. Meanwhile, Venkatesh came to know that the couple were into chit fund business and had asked money as he was facing financial problem. He had approached them for money and did not get.
Meanwhile, he had noticed jewellery on Varalakshmi and hatched a plot to kill the couple. Venkatesh had learnt that the couple were searching for a bride for Prithviraj and he gained entry into the house in the pretext of giving a detail of a bride.
When Muniyappa opened the door, Venkatesh hugged him and stabbed repeatedly. Then he went to the first floor and stabbed Varalakshmi to rob her managalasutra.
He had pledged mangalasutra in a private finance company in Devanahalli and collected Rs 1.2 lakh to come out from his financial problem.