New Delhi. An alleged mass murder in Karnataka's capital Bangalore has shocked the entire city. 45-year-old cab driver Shekhar alias Indushekhar has surprised the police by claiming to have killed seven family members including his wife due to a family dispute. The police have taken him into custody and started investigating the case. DCP of North Bengaluru said that the accused has been detained. He has talked about killing seven people. The police have taken the matter into their own hands and started verifying all the facts related to the accused's claim and the incident.
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According to initial police investigation, the accused committed this crime due to marital dispute and alleged interference from his wife's family. According to the police, the accused Shekhar alias Indushekhar allegedly called seven people one by one to his house in Rajajinagar within two days and killed them with a stone made of silbatta. After this, there is also an allegation of disposing of some dead bodies at different places.
Seven family members including wife became targets
Those who lost their lives in this murder case have been identified as the accused's wife Sunita, mother-in-law Rupavati, brothers-in-law Shivkumar and Shankar, daughters-in-law of the family Divya and Nalini and seven-year-old Puneet. According to the police, the accused had allegedly called all these people to his house at different times. After this he was murdered. A seven year old innocent child also lost his life in this incident. The child's body was found near Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapur district.
Marriage took place 20 years ago, dispute was going on for a long time
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Preliminary investigation has revealed that Shekhar and Sunita were married about 20 years ago. However, there was a dispute going on between the two regarding marital relations for some time. It is being told that whenever there was a fight between husband and wife, Sunita's family members used to intervene and support her.
Police suspect that Shekhar was angry over this. He felt that his wife's family was interfering in his married life. Due to this resentment, he allegedly conspired to target his wife's family. However, the entire reason behind the murder and the sequence of events will become clear in the police investigation.
Called wife's brothers to home on the pretext of party, then murdered them
According to police sources, the accused had called his brothers-in-law Shivkumar and Shankar on the pretext of throwing a party at their house. It is alleged that after reaching home he murdered both of them. Similarly, he also targeted his mother-in-law Rupavati and other women in the family. Investigators believe that the accused first killed his wife Sunita and then targeted other family members. The police are now trying to find out at what time and in what order all the murders took place.
Mystery of seven murders revealed due to Nalini's disappearance
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This entire matter came to light after Nalini went missing. When Nalini's mother did not find any trace of her for a long time, she lodged a missing complaint at Srirampura Police Station. The police started investigating the case and during interrogation, suspicion on Shekhar started increasing. After this he was taken into custody and interrogated. During interrogation, the police allegedly got information about his role in several murders. After this the matter took the form of mass murder.
Dead body of seven year old child found near Nandi Hills
Police investigation has revealed that the accused had tried to dispose of some dead bodies at different places. The body of seven-year-old Puneet was found near Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapur District. Police are also gathering information about the remaining bodies and trying to identify the places where they might have been dumped.