Bengaluru Triple Murder: Daughter Arrested, Boyfriend Caught In Puducherry
Kenneth had apparently taken shelter in beach shacks in Puducherry to avoid detection. However, he was traced and arrested, a senior police officer said.
Bengaluru: Days after a 25-year-old techie was arrested for allegedly killing her parents and younger sister at an apartment here, her live-in partner and co-accused was arrested on Friday in connection with the murders, police said. Kenneth was traced and detained in Puducherry, just days after Shwetha was arrested in the Union Territory.
According to police, Shwetha allegedly carried out the murders in connivance with her boyfriend, Kenneth, who had been absconding.
The incident occurred on Monday night at an apartment in Seegehalli under the limits of K R Puram Police Station, where Somasundar, 52, his wife Muthulaxmi, 48, and their younger daughter Supriya, 19, were found stabbed to death, police said.
Citing the preliminary investigation, the officer said Shwetha had reportedly been living with Kenneth for the past two months. Investigators suspect that the victims were not in favour of their elder daughter's relationship with Kenneth, which could have led to tensions within the family.
According to police, the victims had gone to the flat where Shwetha and Kenneth were staying on Monday evening, where it is suspected that an argument broke out, following which the three were allegedly stabbed multiple times.
The father, who suffered bleeding injuries, somehow managed to come out of the house, reach the parking area and call out for the watchman and told him to save his wife and daughter before losing consciousness.
The accused fled Bengaluru immediately after the triple murder and travelled towards Tamil Nadu on a motorcycle while avoiding any use of phones, ATM cards and other forms of media to not risk digital surveillance. The police relied on CCTV footage, toll plaza cameras and field intelligence.
Kenneth had apparently taken shelter in beach shacks in Puducherry to avoid detection. However, he was traced and arrested, a senior police officer said. A detailed joint interrogation of the two accused is expected to unravel the exact sequence of events leading to the incident and establish the precise motive behind the murders, police said, adding that further investigation is underway.
