Pramesh S Jain & Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
The West Division Police of Chamarajpet police has cracked a one year old clueless missing case which turned into murder and arrested duo including a Rowdy sheeter.
The accused has been identified as,Lakshmi,38,and her associate,Narayan G a rowdy sheeter.
Senior officer told reporters,Based on the instruction given during a recent crime review meeting,the Chamarajapet police,cracked the murder case of 43-year-old woman which they had registered under missing complaint in July last year .
The police also arrested a 35-year-old rowdy-sheeter and his woman associate on Wednesday.
Senior officer told reporters,The victim,Chankdrakala was living alone and working at a gunyy bags stitching unit and staying in a rented house .
The accused Lakshmi,38,was also working in the same unit and noticed Chandrakala was alone and having some gold jewels,hatched a plan with Narayana G,to kill her and rob the valuables.
As per the plan Lakshmi offered to get Chandrakala to get herbal medicine from a quack she knew for her prolonged illness and took her to Halaguru along with Narayana in the outskirts of Mandya district in July 27.
After reaching Mullaiana Katte in Halaguru police station limits the duo strangled Chandrakala from her veil and crushed her head with a boulder to conceal her identity.
The accused took her bag and checked to find no valuables.Lakshmi had told Chandrakala to wear her jewellery when coming to consult the quack and also lured her that they could arrange the prospective groom while returning.
However Chandrakala though agreed,she suspected something fishy about Lakshmi and left behind her gold chain,pair of bangles and gold ring at home.
After killing Chandrakala the accused was disappointed that they have not got the gold valuables and returned home with a mobile phone belonging to Chandrakala.
Lakshmi had removed the SIM of Chandrakala to replace with her own and started using it .
Few days later Halaguru police recovered the highly decomposed unidentified body and registered a case of murder and unable to probe due to lack of clues to proceed with the case.
Meanwhile,a distant relative of Chandrakala, noticed her missing under mysterious circumstances and filed a complaint with the Chamarajapet police .
The police have registered a missing complaint and there was no progress in the case since then.
Recently,DCP Commissioner of Police (West Division ),Lakshman Nimbargi,during a crime review meeting asked the Chamarajapet police to follow up on the pending cases including the missing case of Chandrakala.
Based on his instruction,the police inspector, Yerriswamy and his crime team swung into action and began the probe the team recovered the Call record details and to their surprise found that the last call was made by one Lakshmi hours before she went missing.
The police also found that the Chandrakala’s phone is being used with different SIM.On suspicion the police track down the mobile phone user and she turned out to be Lakshmi.
A detailed questioning led her to confess to the crime following which the police arrested Narayana G .
The duo have been charged with murder and the case has been transferred to Halaguru police station for further investigation.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,C H Pratap Reddy has appreciated Addl CP West, Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Laxman B Nimbargi,ACP KC Giri,PI Yerriswamy and his crime team who has done a excellent work and meticulous investigation and cracked clueless missing case which turned into murder and arrested duo a suitable reward will be given to whole team for their tireless efforts in cracking the case.
