JOIN USCity police have arretsed three persons in connection with the murder of a retired Forest official K C Changappa. The police have seized Rs 48.5 lakh from the arrested.
The police revealed the names of the arrested as Vasanth Kumar, a resident of Housing Board Colony, Vishwas of K R Puram and Mohan of Achagodanahalli.
Addressing media persons here on Tuesday, Superintendent of Police Rahul Kumar Shahapurawad said, the arrested would be produced before the court and later taken into custody for enquiry.
The SP said, “Changappa and Vasanth Kumar were into real estate business. Changappa is said to have received Rs 50 lakh from potato trader Rajanna, by assuring a medical seat for his grandson in Bengaluru. Learning about this, Vasanth Kumar, along with his friends, hatched a plan to murder him for money. After convincing Changappa of getting a medical seat through his friend in Bengaluru, Vasanth Kumar took Changappa to Bengaluru, along with a few friends, in a car on July 20,” he said.
They made Changappa consume cool drinks laced with sleeping pills, after lunch. After Changappa fell asleep, they strangled him to death. Later, they covered the body in a plastic sheet and disposed it into Hemavathi backwaters. After reaching Bengaluru, they called up Changappa’s wife, using the deceased’s phone, informing that her husband had already left for Hassan, leaving his mobile phone behind, the SP added.
When Changappa did not return home even after a week, his son Manoj Kumar lodged a complaint with the police on July 27. The police, initially filed a missing complaint. Changappa’s body was found near a temple under Alur police station limits after a few days. The body was identified was handed over to the family members, he said.
The police, who probed the issue, found that it was a murder for gain by Vasanth and his friends. The amount was seized from Vasanth Kumar’s house. More details will be available after a probe, the SP added.