Mysore.Nov.8: Just three days after the death of retired Intelligence Bureau (IB) Officer R.N. Kulkarni (82) who was fatally knocked down by a car when he was on his routine evening stroll in Manasagangothri campus at about 5.45 pm on Nov. 4, the City Police have cracked the murder case with the arrest of two persons.
The arrested have been identified as 30-year-old Manu, a resident of Sharadadevinagar in city and 30-year-old Varun Gowda of Kuvempunagar.
Announcing the arrest at a press meet held at his Office here this morning, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta said that the prime accused Manu is the younger son of Madappa, a neighbour of R.N. Kulkarni and another accused is his (Manu) friend Varun Gowda who had helped in committing the crime.
Following the complaint lodged by Kulkarni’s son-in-law Sanjay Angadi at the jurisdictional Jayalakshmipuram Police Station on Nov. 5, accusing his father-in-law’s (Kulkarni) neighbour Madappa of hatching a plot to kill the former IB Officer over a dispute regarding leaving setback space in the construction of the building which was being built by Madappa adjacent to the residence of Kulkarni at Sharadadevinagar, four Police teams were formed to crack the case, the City Top Cop said.
As the Police began investigations based on the complaint, Manu, the younger son of Kulkarni’s neighbour Madappa, was taken into custody on Saturday itself and was subjected to interrogation when he spilled the beans on the involvement of his friend Varun Gowda in committing the crime.
Subsequently, the Police picked up Varun Gowda for questioning and was arrested today after he was found to have provided logistical support to Manu for committing the planned murder, which was done to look like a hit-and-run case, the Commissioner said.
Continuing, Dr. Chandragupta said that the motive of the murder was the ongoing legal dispute between Kulkarni and Madappa over construction of the building.
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