However, she was rescued by passersby and she is said to be out of danger. While one-and-a-half-year-old Kavana's body was fished out, Trisha (3) was yet to be traced.
Police said Vinutha and Umakanth, an advocate, were married for ten years. They used to have frequent fights. On the ill-fated day, after Umakanth left home, Vinutha boarded a bus and headed towards Varthur lake. On learning about it, Umakanth rushed to spot in his car but it was too late.
Babu, one of the rescuers, told Deccan Herald: “We are feeling bad that we could not save the children. We managed to pull her (Vinutha) out of the lake.” The locals said: “If the fire force department officials had turned up in time, the children could have been saved.”
A double-murder case was filed against Vinutha.
House burgled
Valuables worth Rs 3 lakh were stolen from the house of Girish in Moodalapalya, in Vijayanagar police station limits. They gained entry by breaking open the locks of the front door.
Two robbed
A gang robbed two persons in Koramangala on Monday night.
The gang waylaid Muthu, a software engineer and a resident of Koramangala I Block, around 8:30 pm and hit him on his shoulder. They snatched his cellphone worth Rs 10,000 and ran away.
Within an hour, they accosted Lalith, a resident of Jakkur, near Seva Sadan in Koramangala III Block around 9:30 pm, snatched his gold chain and ran away.