Youth murders grandparents to steel valuables to buy a sports bike

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November 30, 2017

Bengaluru, Nov 30: The police have cracked the murder case of an elderly couple, whose decomposed bodies were recovered on Tuesday night from their residence in east Bengaluru.

According to police Govindan (65), a retired BEL employee, and his wife Sarjomma (60) were killed by their grandson who wanted to buy a sports bike from the money and jewellery he stole after murdering them. Pramod (22), grandson of the murdered couple, his associates Praveen (20) and Pasha (20) are now in police custody.

The couple was found murdered on November 28 after neighbours complained of LPG gas leak from their house. The couple were beaten and stabbed to death on November 26.

The couple’s daughter Usha, also the killer's mother, lives in the same compound and went down to check about the gas leak complaints. She found the rear door of the house open and few of her parents' clothes burnt.

Usha ran out of the house screaming having seen her parents' bodies and blood stains. Neighbours then called the police. Both the victims were tied with clothes and their faces had been covered, police said.

Police later picked up Pramod on Tuesday night. Based on information he provided, they arrested Praveen Wednesday morning. They had to shoot the third accused Pasha on the leg when he tried to launch an escape bid by attacking the police constable. Police sub-inspector Prashila shot Pasha to defend herself and members of her team before arresting him.

Police said Pramod had been involved in house break thefts, while Praveen worked for a vehicle servicing station. Pasha was a bike thief.

The couple was slaughtered between 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm, police said. Usha, a staff nurse at a private hospital- had been living in the same compound as her parents for the past four years.

Police suspect the murder to be for gains. On Sunday, Pramod entered his grandparents' home and unlatched the rear door to let Praveen and Pasha inside.

 They hit Sarjomma's head with an iron club. When Govindan rushed into the kitchen hearing his wife's screams, the accused struck him with the same club and stabbed him multiple times.

The trio made off with 300 grams of gold ornaments and Rs 50,000 in cash. Police later recovered the ornaments though they had spent some of the money. "We're probing more angles," city police commissioner T Suneel Kumar said.

He said police would take Usha's statement to determine if she was involved in the crime directly or indirectly. Kumar lauded the cops for cracking the case within hours after the murders were discovered.

Usha told the police that her parents were planning to leave for Om Shakthi temple in Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) on Sunday afternoon. The silent house did not raise any suspicions as she expected the elderly couple to return on Tuesday.

The couple also had two sons besides Usha. One of them had died and his wife and children live in Mysuru. The second son, who had hearing and speech impairments, lives separately in the city with wife and children.

Usha told the police that her father was embroiled in property disputes and there had been a few unnatural deaths in the family. While a family member hung himself by a telephone cord, another died in road accident. Usha told the police that her father Govindan owned several properties.

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Danish
 - 
Thursday, 30 Nov 2017

So sad. Young people loosing fear of God and values of relationship

Raghuram
 - 
Thursday, 30 Nov 2017

Shocking.. Cant imagine a grand son doing such heinous crime

Mohan
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Thursday, 30 Nov 2017

Just 20-22 years old. They are born criminals. They should get capital punishment and they are not deserving earth

Suresh
 - 
Thursday, 30 Nov 2017

He murdered his grand parents. Police should give the chance to correct it. It should not be a death punishment to him. Life term imprisonment is fine

Kumar
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Thursday, 30 Nov 2017

He should be hanged till death

Gopal Krishna
 - 
Thursday, 30 Nov 2017

He proved he has the notorious capability.. Congrats

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July 28,2020

Mangaluru, July 28: A screenshot of a death threat message against IAS officer Sindhu B Rupesh, the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, is now going viral on social media.

The threat comes in the wake of the Deputy Commissioner’s warning against attack on cattle traders by anti-social elements ahead of Eid al-Adha. 

It is learnt that a discussion was held about DC’s warning in a pro-Hindutva WhatsApp group. The death threat was issued in the same group in Tulu language. 

A police officer said that if the deputy commissioner doesn’t lodge a complaint, the police will file a suo motu case in this regard.

Also Read: Sindhu B Rupesh transferred; Dr Rajendra K V is new DC of Dakshina Kannada

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February 6,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 6: Over 1500 students and teachers are expected to take part in a three-day State-level conference of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat (ABVP) starting on Friday here.

Reception Committee chairman K.C. Nayak and secretary Shantharama Shetty told reporters here today that Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayana would inaugurate the conference at the Kudmul Ranga Rao Town Hall.

The former ABVP national president and former Nagaland Governor P.B. Acharya would preside over the programme that would be attended by Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor P.S. Yadapadithaya, ABVP national organising secretary Ashish Chauhan and others.

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Thursday, 6 Feb 2020

In this conference students will be taught about how to attack on universities and how to spread the communal agenda of ABVP. 

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May 14,2020

Bengaluru, May 14: As many as 22 new cases have been reported in Karnataka taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 981. 

The new cases include five in Bengaluru Urban - all with a contact history, four each in Gadag - with history of travel to Ahemadabad, Mandya with travel history to Mumbai, Maharashtra and Bidar - with three from containment zone and one with travel history to Mumbai, three from Davangere and one each from Belagavi and Bagalkote.

Meanwhile, two more deaths have been reported in the state on Thursday morning taking the total toll to 35. This is apart from a non-COVID-19 death.

An 80-year-old resident of Dakshina Kannada, got admitted at private hospital following a stroke. She was shifted to the icu on confirmation for Covid-19 at a designated hospital on April 26. She died on Thursday due to septic shock.

Another 60-year-old male, resident of Ananthapur in Andhra Pradesh, admitted at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru with severe pneumonia and respiratory distress died due to cardiac arrest on Thursday morning. He had hypotension and Diabetes Mellitus, according to the morning health bulletin.

Sources in Victoria Hospital said this person was the first patient to undergo clinical trial for plasma therapy. He was infused plasma on Monday. However, his condition continued to remain the same.

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