The following day, he allegedly invited his brothers-in-law, Shivakumar and Shankar, to his house for a party before killing them.
Police said he claimed to have committed the killings over a period of 15 to 20 days, although his account is still being verified. “The police have arrested a person who claims that, within a span of 15 to 20 days, which is subject to verification, he has murdered seven people.
Addressing the media, Bengaluru city police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said the case came to light after a missing-person complaint was filed by relatives who had not heard from some family members for several days. He called the victims to his house one by one, allegedly killed them and disposed of their bodies at different locations, according to the accused’s account. The accused, identified as Indushekar, allegedly murdered his wife and six of her relatives, including a seven-year-old boy, following prolonged domestic disputes. One body has been recovered so far, while police teams are searching for the remaining six. Police are checking the locations he identified with the respective district police teams.
BENGALURU: Bengaluru Police on Friday revealed that the minor daughter of a man arrested for allegedly murdering seven members of his wife’s family assisted him at every stage of the killings and the subsequent disposal of the bodies.
“This is a very, very serious offence that has happened within the family. One minor has been murdered along with six other people. We are verifying from all angles how it happened.”