Mysuru Police Arrest Son in Mother's Killing, Cite Confession

Overview

• Police arrested S. Shivarudrappa of K. Madahalli after villagers found his mother Sudha's half-burned body in a farm field near Kaniyanahundi in Mysuru district.
• Investigators say he assaulted her with a wooden staff after seeing images of her riding on a motorcycle with an unidentified man.
• Officials report that his father Nanjundaiah and cousins Akash and Abhi helped move the body to a field and set it on fire to hide the assault.
• Accounts differ on whether Sudha died on the way to a hospital or was killed before the burning, which police aim to clarify through the post-mortem.
• Jayapura Police registered a case, documented the scene, and moved the remains to the mortuary as questioning of the accused and relatives continues.