<p>A day after a 25-year-old woman was murdered by a spurned lover in Murugeshpalya, the police recorded the statement of the accused, Dinakar Banala, 28.</p>.<p>Dinakar allegedly stabbed Leela 17 times as she was stepping out of her office. She was rushed to hospital, but did not survive the attack.</p>.<p>Banala told the police that he and Leela Pavithra Nalamathi had been in love since 2017. They had studied in the same college and he was her senior.<br />For the last few months, she had avoided him, saying that her parents were opposed to the marriage since they belonged to different castes.</p>.<p>“Her mother opposed our relationship. Leela blocked me on WhatsApp and avoided my phone calls. I was not able to talk to her and convince her about the marriage. I was madly in love with her. I didn’t want her to marry anyone else, so I decided to kill her,” Banala told the police.</p>.<p>Bheemashankar S Guled, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), said Leela had been a coder executive assistant at Omega Healthcare, on Wind Tunnel Road in Murugeshpalya, since April, and was staying at a paying guest accommodation. Banala worked for Logis Healthcare in Domlur and stayed at a nearby paying guest accommodation.</p>.<p>Banala was detained from outside Leela’s office, where he allegedly stabbed her repeatedly. When the police approached him, he did not make any effort to escape or resist arrest.</p>.<p>Leela was from Jagannadhapuram in Kakinada, while Banala hails from Narasannapeta in Srikakulam.</p>.<p>Police handed over Leela’s body to her family after post-mortem. They have recorded the statements of Leela’s colleagues who witnessed the brutal attack and rushed her to the hospital.</p>.<p>Omega Healthcare, in a statement, said: “Leela Pavithra was an integral part of our organisation and we will do our best to support her family and police in the ongoing investigation.”</p>.<p>Earlier, the victim had complained to DISHA against Banala, and counsellors had made them arrive at a compromise. DISHA is a mechanism to help women in distress.</p>
<p>A day after a 25-year-old woman was murdered by a spurned lover in Murugeshpalya, the police recorded the statement of the accused, Dinakar Banala, 28.</p>.<p>Dinakar allegedly stabbed Leela 17 times as she was stepping out of her office. She was rushed to hospital, but did not survive the attack.</p>.<p>Banala told the police that he and Leela Pavithra Nalamathi had been in love since 2017. They had studied in the same college and he was her senior.<br />For the last few months, she had avoided him, saying that her parents were opposed to the marriage since they belonged to different castes.</p>.<p>“Her mother opposed our relationship. Leela blocked me on WhatsApp and avoided my phone calls. I was not able to talk to her and convince her about the marriage. I was madly in love with her. I didn’t want her to marry anyone else, so I decided to kill her,” Banala told the police.</p>.<p>Bheemashankar S Guled, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), said Leela had been a coder executive assistant at Omega Healthcare, on Wind Tunnel Road in Murugeshpalya, since April, and was staying at a paying guest accommodation. Banala worked for Logis Healthcare in Domlur and stayed at a nearby paying guest accommodation.</p>.<p>Banala was detained from outside Leela’s office, where he allegedly stabbed her repeatedly. When the police approached him, he did not make any effort to escape or resist arrest.</p>.<p>Leela was from Jagannadhapuram in Kakinada, while Banala hails from Narasannapeta in Srikakulam.</p>.<p>Police handed over Leela’s body to her family after post-mortem. They have recorded the statements of Leela’s colleagues who witnessed the brutal attack and rushed her to the hospital.</p>.<p>Omega Healthcare, in a statement, said: “Leela Pavithra was an integral part of our organisation and we will do our best to support her family and police in the ongoing investigation.”</p>.<p>Earlier, the victim had complained to DISHA against Banala, and counsellors had made them arrive at a compromise. DISHA is a mechanism to help women in distress.</p>
