<p>The Kamakshipalya police gave the name of the accused as Anand alias Mani (20), a resident of Kanakanagara, Pattegarpalya, at Vijayanagar.<br /><br />The police were puzzled when three murder cases were reported in their locality in a fortnight. <br /><br />All the three bodies bore similar head injuries and stab wounds. They were found between Vijayanagar and Mudalapalya in the Pete Chennappa Industrial area. <br /><br />The police—after a careful examination of the bodies of Krishna (31), Dinesh (35) and Basavaraju (43)—concluded that a sole individual was behind the heinous killings. Further probe and cell phone details helped the police zero in on Anand who confessed to the crime.<br /><br />Anand, from Hosur in Tamil Nadu, landed in Bangalore a year ago. He lives with his mother and two sisters. He worked as a wireman for a cable-laying contractor for some time. He identified a secluded place and then attacked his first victim (Krishna). <br /><br />Killing spree<br /><br />Anand grabbed Rs 1,500 and a mobile phone from Krishna. When he went scot-free, he went on killing two more men. Anand got just Rs 5 from one of the victims, said an investigating officer.</p>.<p>The remorseless Anand had sold the victim’s mobile phone to a fruit vendor, which helped the cops to solve the murder cases.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The Kamakshipalya police gave the name of the accused as Anand alias Mani (20), a resident of Kanakanagara, Pattegarpalya, at Vijayanagar.<br /><br />The police were puzzled when three murder cases were reported in their locality in a fortnight. <br /><br />All the three bodies bore similar head injuries and stab wounds. They were found between Vijayanagar and Mudalapalya in the Pete Chennappa Industrial area. <br /><br />The police—after a careful examination of the bodies of Krishna (31), Dinesh (35) and Basavaraju (43)—concluded that a sole individual was behind the heinous killings. Further probe and cell phone details helped the police zero in on Anand who confessed to the crime.<br /><br />Anand, from Hosur in Tamil Nadu, landed in Bangalore a year ago. He lives with his mother and two sisters. He worked as a wireman for a cable-laying contractor for some time. He identified a secluded place and then attacked his first victim (Krishna). <br /><br />Killing spree<br /><br />Anand grabbed Rs 1,500 and a mobile phone from Krishna. When he went scot-free, he went on killing two more men. Anand got just Rs 5 from one of the victims, said an investigating officer.</p>.<p>The remorseless Anand had sold the victim’s mobile phone to a fruit vendor, which helped the cops to solve the murder cases.<br /><br /></p>