Pramesh S Jain
T
he Bommanahalli police cracked the case of elderly woman murder case and arrested her son and his uncle for killing 44-year-old Jayamma over share of property.
The accused Umesh,33,a driver by profession and divorcee had a difference with Jayamma and staying separate while she was living with her younger son Satisha,30 at a house leased out five months ago.
Recently Jayamma had sold a property for Rs.30 lakh and Umesh started demanding his share but in vain.
Meanwhile,Suresh, cousin of Jayamma used to visit her frequently noticed Jayamma’s affair with Prabhakar Reddy,who used to visit her often and told Umesh.
Thinking that Jayamma might give away the money to Prabhakar Reddy,Umesh and Suresh planned to eliminate her and take away the money 1.5 months ago.
As per the plan Suresh would visit Jayamma on the fateful day when Satish,the younger son had gone to work and informed Umesh.
As per the plan,Umesh barged into the house and beaten Jayamma to death.
Meanwhile Prabhakar Reddy had visited the house to hand over groceries and saw Umesh beating up Jayamma and ran away.
After killing Jayamma Umesh went to Suresh house to inform about it and the duo had dinner before Umesh escaped .
After an hour,Prabhakar Reddy returned to Jayamma’s house and noticed she is dead and alerted the house owner before filing a complaint.
The Bommanahalli police registered a case of murder and came to know Umesh along with one more person had visited the house on the fateful day.
The Police later track down Umesh and based on his confession arrested Suresh on the charges of conspiracy and murder.
Meanwhile Prabhakar Reddy fearing repercussions from Umesh did not inform the police about what he saw and got himself admitted to the hospital complaining chest pain and uneasiness .
The police are now waiting for his recovery to question him and record his statement as witness,DCP,Southeast division,Sara Fathima told reporters.
After the murder,Umesh had changed the clothes and switched off the phone to hoodwink police and on the run.
However the police track down the accused and taken him into custody to ascertain whether he had taken any valuables after the murder.
