Bengaluru: A man murdered his own two children and dumped their bodies in a drain in K.P. Agrahara on Friday as he found them to be a financial burden, the police said. The accused, Shiva Kumar (37), is mentally sound. The deceased have been identified as Pavan Kumar, 9, and Sinchana, 6, children of the couple Shiva Kumar and Vasantha.
Shiva Kumar, who worked at a bag shop in Chickpet, was earning a meagre salary and was worried about his financial crisis. To help run the house, Vasantha worked as a domestic maid. But that too did not seem to solve the problem.
On Friday, Pavan and Sinchana, who studied at Subash School at Bettamma Circle near their house, did not attend classes as it was School Day. Vasantha left for work, but Shiva Kumar, who was planning to murder his children, did not go and stayed at home. He stabbed the two children in the house, put their bodies in gunny bags and dumped them in a drain near Bettamma Circle, the police said.
He left for Male Mahadeshwara Hills in Chamarajanagar, but told his wife that he was taking the children along with him to Dharmasthala. He returned on Sunday without the children and told his relatives about the incident. The relatives informed the police who took Shiva Kumar into custody. Based on his confession, the gunny bags were retrieved from the drain and the children’s bodies were sent for the postmortem. K.P. Agrahara police have arrested Shiva Kumar.
