Hosadurga PSI held for wife's murder

With the arrest of Hosadurga Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) Girish, his mother-in-law Mahadevamma and gram panchayat member Chidananda, the case pertaining to the murder of Prafulla, wife of Girish, has been cracked.

Disclosing this to mediapersons here on Saturday, Superintendent of Police Karthik Reddy said that Girish and Prafulla’s marriage was on the rocks. Girish claimed that Prafulla used to turn violent and used to complain against him to his higher-ups.

She used to even ill-treat their son, Shashank. Girish had also filed for a divorce a few months ago, the SP informed.

Prafulla was also eyeing on Mahadevamma’s money and pestered her to give her Rs 2 lakh. When Mahadevamma refused to part with the money, Prafulla burnt her sarees.

Upset over Prafulla’s harassment, Girish and Mahadevamma decided to eliminate her with Chidananda’s help. Chidananda had tried to serve her rice laced with sleeping pills a month ago. But a suspicious Prafulla had thrown away the rice.

Girish then  gave Chidananda Rs 50,000 to eliminate her. On June 4, Chidananda took Prafulla to his place for dinner. While returning after nightfall, he halted his two-wheeler on the pretext of checking petrol.

He struck her with a machete though Prafulla pleaded him to spare her. He hid the machete below a tree and fled the spot.

Girish was previously married but the marriage lasted for only two months. He had divorced his first wife and had married Prafulla.