Two arrested in Bengaluru for killing friend to avoid medical costs after injury
Bengaluru: Police have arrested two men for allegedly murdering their friend, a daily-wage labourer who had gone missing earlier this month, to avoid bearing the cost of his medical treatment after he suffered a spinal cord injury, officials said on Thursday.
The victim, Vinod Kumar (26), was found dead 16 days after his disappearance, with his body tied to a stone and dumped in a well at Vajarahalli in Magadi taluk under the Kudur police station limits in Bengaluru South district.
The accused, identified as Sudeep (19), a construction worker, and Prajwal (19), a car driver, are residents of Kalyanapura village in Magadi taluk, police said.
According to investigators, the three friends had gone to an agricultural farm on January 1 to celebrate the New Year and consumed alcohol. The accused allegedly asked Vinod to climb a coconut tree to pluck tender coconuts, during which he fell from a height of about 30 feet and suffered a serious spinal cord injury.
Police said the accused initially planned to take him home but later panicked, fearing villagers’ questions and the high cost of medical treatment. To avoid responsibility, they allegedly drowned Vinod in a nearby lake and later retrieved the body, tied it to a stone with wire, and dumped it into a well.
The body was discovered on January 17 after villagers noticed it and informed the police. Vinod’s grandfather had filed a missing-person complaint on January 2, following which police launched a search and analysed CCTV footage but found no major leads. Both were arrested on January 18 and remanded in police custody for further investigation, officials said.
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Four held in Kalaburagi for brutal murder of man
Kalaburagi: Four men have been arrested in Kalaburagi on charge of hacking a man with lethal weapons and pelting stones at him under the limits of Station Bazaar Police Station recently.
According to police sources, Anand Jalak Shinde (34), Ashitosh Jalak Shinde (30), Imran Mehboob Sheikh (28) and Sohaib Anwar Qureshi have been arrested. The men are accused of the brutal murder of Syed Mehboob, a resident of Station Bazaar Upper Line Hamalawadi in the city.
An FIR was filed by the Station Bazaar Police Station based on a complaint given by Syed Ismail, father of the deceased Syed Mehboob.
Following quick probe, the police team successfully arrested the suspects within 24 hours. The arrested men were produced in court and have been sent to judicial custody.
The City Police Commissionerate has appreciated in an official release the police team’s quick solving of the murder case and arrest of the four men accused of murdering Syed Mehboob.
