Mangalore, February 16: After submitting a charge-sheet against the tantric couple accused of murdering a two-and-a-half year old girl child for black-magic nearly two months ago on the outskirts of the city, the Mangalore sub division police are now looking into the other cases involving them.
The couple Kamalaksha Purusha (75) and Chandrakala (35) have formally been charged on Monday, February 14, with the murder and Kamalaksha's brother Madhava has been let off for lack of proof.
The child Priyanka was brutally murdered on December 17 by Kamalaksha Purush from Sharbatkatte, near Yeyyadi and his paramour Chandrakala allegedly to appease the deity 'Kala Bhairava'.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravindra Gadadi has said the investigations were complete as far the murder of the child was concerned. Regarding the motive behind the murder, Gadadi said Purusha had a property dispute and may have thought a sacrifice for the deity would end his problems, he said.
However, he said that the police will continue investigations into other aspects involving the couple and will attempt to solve the case of accused Chandrakala's 'missing' child and the mysterious death of her mother Revathi.
It is said that during the interrogation Chandrakala had mentioned the name of a village in Udupi, saying her child was adopted by a couple there.
After the murder of little Priyanka, the couple's immediate neighbours had recalled that the police had questioned Purusha about the death of a woman who was in his house four years ago. They also revealed that Chandrakala, who moved in with Purusha six years ago, had a boy five years ago and he has been missing from the past seven months. “Although Chandrakala claimed that the boy is living in Udupi, we suspect that he too has been murdered,” said one of the neighbours.
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