Overview
- Police in Tumakuru district arrested Thimmarayappa, who is accused of murdering his daughter Meghana, 17, in Nimbemaradahalli village.
- The case began as a missing-person report filed by her mother after Meghana disappeared on April 16, and investigators later focused on the father.
- Officers say a long-running dispute over plans to marry Meghana to a relative on her mother’s side fueled repeated arguments at home.
- Investigators report he pushed her into a farm well and dropped a heavy stone before burying the body, while some outlets cite claims he strangled her first and note that post-mortem results will clarify the cause.
- Police say he evaded capture by moving between villages and using a new SIM before confessing in custody and directing them to the grave, with the body now sent for autopsy.