Yogesh K Porwar
T
he Madanayakanahalli police have arrested a 30-year-old private firm employee for killing the owner of his house over a trivial row on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as Pradeep Shivalingaiah,41,owner of a four storeyed house had given a portion of the house for the accused Chetan,30.
Senior officer said,the duo was drinking partners and used to have frequent fights over trivial row.
On Tuesday night,one of the tenant noticed the TV was playing with a maximum volume from the house of Chetan and went to check,but it was locked from inside .
The next day,the nieghbour noticed the TV was on with maximum volume and went to check and found that Pradeep was lying on the flor motionless and Chetan is missing .
He called Pradeep’s family who in turn alerted the police. The police rushed to the spot and found Pradeep dealt with multiple injuries on his head and burn marks all over his body.
The police later track down Chetan who was on the run and upon questioning Chetan told the police that Pradeep used to come to his house everyday to drink.
After getting drunk Pradeep used to pee in the house . Chetan had warned him many times and even complained to his family over the phone,but in vain.
On Tuesday nighty when Pradeep peed again in an inebriated state,Enraged Chetan caught him by the hair banged his head against the wall and even burnt him with cigarettes all over his body.
He even kept the TV on with full volume to avoid Pradeep screams being heard by neighbours while he was torturing him.
After few minutes Chetan realized Pradeep is dead and escaped after locking the house .
The police have arrested Chetan in Salem charging him under murder for further investigations.Probe revealed that Chetan is a habitual offender and further investigations are on.
