A shocking murder case was reported in Karnataka wherein a woman allegedly conspired with her lover and four of his friends to kill her own 24-year-old son after he objected to their illicit relationship. Vijay Narayan (RT Nagar, Bengaluru) was allegedly strangled to death using a Kannada flag. His body was found in an isolated place beside a highway in Belagavi on Karnataka Rajyotsava Day.
Shockwaves have been created all over the state as the victim’s mother is among the accused too. Police arrested six people, the victim’s mother, alleged lover and four of his associates for the murder.
The police investigation revealed that the murder came to light when Vijay’s body was found in a deserted place near a highway on November 1 (Karnataka Rajyotsava Day). At first, several questions were raised over his death, but investigators from Malamaruti Police Station started examining his mobile phone call detail records to find out where he had gone and who he had contacted before his death.
Inspector B.R. Gaddaker and his team allegedly followed the leads obtained from call records and eventually cracked the alleged conspiracy behind the killing. Police found that Vijay’s mother Meena Narayan, her lover Rakesh and his associates were involved in the crime.
Meena, who worked as a manager at a beauty parlour in Bengaluru, had an intimate relationship with Rakesh (a young man from Maharashtra whom she met unexpectedly). Gradually, their acquaintance turned into an intimate relationship. Meena also made him her personal car driver so they could be together all the time.
But Vijay learnt about this after his mother was upset about it and objected to them being involved. He did not like that his mother was having an affair with Rakesh and opposed their association. So Meena and Rakesh continued secretly for some time.
Police believe Vijay’s opposition to the relationship was the main reason behind the alleged murder conspiracy. Meena and Rakesh allegedly thought that Vijay would continue meddling in their relationship, so they killed him with the help of Rakesh’s friends. They allegedly took Vijay away from Bengaluru so that the accused could carry out the murder in a secluded place. Four of Rakesh’s friends (also his hometown people) were allegedly involved in executing the plan.
The accused lured Vijay to Belagavi, saying they wanted to watch Karnataka Rajyotsava celebrations there. Thinking it was a trip for sightseeing and celebration, Vijay accompanied them to the city, but police suspect that the journey was part of a pre-planned murder plot.
When they reached the isolated place, the accused allegedly attacked Vijay with a Kannada flag and strangled him to death. They left his body near the highway after committing the crime to cover their involvement in the murder. The fact that the body was found on Rajyotsava Day made it more shocking since a Kannada flag was used as a murder weapon.
Police investigations later led them to believe all six accused were involved. Police arrested Meena, Rakesh and his four associates on the basis of evidence collected during the investigation. The arrested persons are Sachin, Manoj, Thammanna and Eknath. Investigators are now looking into how each accused planned and executed the murder individually. Mobile phone call records helped police tie up the suspects and reconstruct what happened before Vijay was killed.
The case has raised serious questions about how the murder happened (allegedly a mother conspiring against her own son), and how an unidentified body found near a highway eventually became a murder investigation involving family and alleged criminal conspiracy. Police investigation showed how digital evidence such as mobile phone call records can be used to track suspects and uncover hidden crimes.
The six suspects were arrested, and further investigation is continuing to find out the whole sequence of events, motive and who was involved in each case. The case will proceed through the legal process as investigators gather more evidence.
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