Pramesh Jain
In a swift action,the Jnanabharati police on Monday arrested a 40-year-old woman and her paramour who killed a woman from their neighbourhood to rob the gold chain to repay their debts.
The accused has been identified as,Indramma,40,a resident of jnanajyothinagar, Rajashekar,37 resident of KP Agrahara.
Senior officer told media persons,a home maker body was found in her house and during preliminary we suspected it was murder so on the same day we took one suspect who was found moving suspiciously nearly the house.
As it was been a challenging case as there was no force entry and the miscreants after commiting crime created it to be a suicide.
The investigation was taken by ACP Kengeri Sub-Division,UD Krishna Kumar with PI,Lakshman Naik and other PI and team swung into action.
During investigation the team suspected the behaviour of Indiramma,she was detained for interrogation and she confessed to the crime. Later the police nabbed her paramour Rajashekhar based on her confession.
But after brutally killing the 26-year-old home alone Ranjitha on Saturday,the accused realized that the deceased had borrowed the gold chain from her friend and had returned and the accused had to take her thali and cut her ear lobes to rob two grams of ear studs weighing 6 grams from her.
The arrested are identified as Indiramma,40,a resident of Jnanajyothinagar and Rajashekar,37, KP Agrahara.
The duo had killed Ranjitha,26,resident of the first floor of a multi-story building where Indiramma is staying on the ground floor.
According to the police Indiramma worked as cleaning staff at a catering firm and due to the lock down did not have work.
She had not paid rent for the last four months while her paramour Rajashekhar was indebted after borrowing Rs.2 lakh.
The duo was thinking of all possible means to get the money to repay but in vain.
Ranjitha had borrowed a gold chain from her friend to attend a function and displayed it before Indiramma,which gave her the idea to kill her to get the gold chain.
On Saturday Indiramma went to Ranjitha house for a casual chit chat.
Ranjitha cooked lunch and went to have a bath when Indiramma asked Rajshekhar to come.
As soon as Ranjitha came out Rajshekhar strangled her with a charger wire and later slit her throat with a kitchen knife to ensure she is dead.
The duo searched for the gold and realized that it was not there.The duo later took the Thali from her neck and cut off ears to take out the ear studs.
The accused kept the knife at the right hand of the deceased to make it look like suicide.The attack was so brutal that the knife was bent.And the duo even kept high volume of TV sound as no one should hear her voice if she screams for help.
Ranjitha was native of Bidar,she was living along with her husband Omkar and brother-in-law Nirankar,both working in private firms.
Nirankar on returning home from work had found Rajitha lying dead in a pool of blood around 4.30 pm on Saturday.
The duo had stabbed and slit Ranjitha’s throat and kept the knife in her right hand to make it look like a self killing.
However,police found that both ear lobes were cut to get the ear rings.The severed ear lobes were later recovered from the washroom.
The duo worked in the catering unit attached with film and television serials production.They met three years ago and had decided to separate from their spouses.
Meanwhile Indiramma rented the house in Jnanajyothinagar a year ago.Rajashekhar was staying with his first wife in KP Agrahara and used to visit Indiramma’s house everyday he added.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,UD Krishna PIs,as,Lakshman Nayak,MN Nagaraju,Brijesh Mathew,BS Lohit and crime staff who has done a exemplary work and good piece of investigation led to nab the murder accused and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
