Bengaluru Mass Murder: Bodies of Two More Victims Recovered

Mysuru: The bodies of two more people have been recovered in the case involving the murder of seven members of a family. The bodies of Shivakumar, the elder brother of accused S. Indushekhar's wife, and his wife Divya were reportedly found at Chamundi Hills in Mysuru. With this, the number of bodies recovered so far has risen to five.

The bodies were discovered around 500 metres from the spot where police were conducting searches with Indushekhar in a forest area between Tavarakatte and Chamundi Hills in Mysuru. The body of Shivakumar's seven-year-old son had been recovered earlier.

The bodies of Indushekhar's wife Sunitha and his mother-in-law Rupavathi were found in a forest in Salem district on Saturday. Police have now launched a search for the bodies of Sunitha's other brother, Shankar, and his wife.

The accused, cab driver Indushekhar, 45, is alleged to have killed his wife and six of her relatives over 15 to 20 days at his home near Bashyam Circle in Rajajinagar, according to reports. Police say he confessed during questioning. Relatives of the victims have been taken to Salem to identify the bodies.

The victims have been identified as his wife Sunita, her mother Rupavati, her brothers Shivakumar and Shankar, their wives Divya and Nalini, and Shivakumar’s seven-year-old son Puneeth. Police believe the killings stemmed from a domestic dispute, with Indushekhar allegedly resenting that his wife’s family took her side whenever he complained. Investigators say he put the bodies in his car and dumped them at different places, including near Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapur district and in Salem.

The case came to light after Tungamma, the mother of the missing Nalini, filed a missing-person complaint at Srirampura police station. Questioning on that complaint led to the disclosure of the killings late on Thursday night.