Udupi, July 1: The Udupi district police have claimed to have solved NRI's wife murder at Kemmannu village on June 25 with the arrest of two persons on Saturday.
Police have arrested nephew of the deceased, Harish Poojary (30) and his friend Santosh Poojary (29).
Addressing presspersons here, Superintendent of Police M B Boralingaiah said that the woman Shakuntala Poojary (40) was murdered by the duo. Both had visited the house of Shakuntala and strangulated her to death with her own veil on June 25. The duo then took 'mangalsutra', a gold chain, two rings, a pair of earrings, from the body before fleeing. But they had not touched the cupboards.
Harish is a resident of Uppoor village and ran a travel agency, while Santosh is a resident of Heroor village, a construction worker, Mr. Boralingaiah said.
He said that Shakuntala had prepared two glasses of juice for Harish and his friend on the fateful day. These two glasses had led the police to believe that someone known to her must have committed the crime.
Shakuntala and her two children had moved to the new house at Kemmannu two months ago from Mumbai. Harish had attended the house-warming ceremony and had seen Shankuntala wearing gold ornaments and had gathered information that Shakuntala's husband Ashok Poojary was working in Muscat and earning well.
However, a person who had seen the two accused moving near his house, identified Harish through old family photographs. “This helped us in tracking down the accused. The informer was of great help,” Mr. Boralingaiah said.
He said that the general public should share any information about crime with the police. This would help in reducing crime. The identity of such informers would be protected.
A cash prize of Rs. 10,000 had been given to the police team, which cracked the case. We will also be rewarding the informer, Mr. Boralingaiah said.
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