Bengaluru: The Mahalakshmi Layout police, who are investigating the murder of the 22-year-old woman advocate, have arrested a person, while the main accused, purportedly a jilted lover of the deceased, is still at large. The arrested have been identified as Shivaramu, aged around 30 years, and a driver by profession. The absconding accused, identified as Madhu, is a bus conductor in BMTC.
According to the police, investigations revealed that the deceased advocate Jyothi and Madhu hailed from Kanakapura and were classmates. Madhu had reportedly proposed to Jyothi but she had turned it down. Later both found jobs in the city and they used to meet. Madhu was upset with her for not accepting his proposal and of late she began ignoring him. “Madhu then allegedly hatched a conspiracy to murder her. Though she had not given the address of her workplace, he managed to find it. On Saturday evening, Madhu along with Shivaramu went to her office and called her out on the pretext of talking to her. As they walked a bit farther, Madhu pulled out a knife and stabbed her repeatedly and both the accused tried to run away. However, Shivaramu fell off and was nabbed by the public and handed over to the police,” an official said.
The police are, however, not sure on what triggered Madhu to carry out the crime and efforts are on to nab him.
