Overview
- A decomposed body was found inside a locked rented house in Manjunath Nagar/Vijayalakshmi Layout, prompting a murder case and investigation.
- The victim was identified as Mohan Rao, also reported as Mohan Krishna, a small-time financier and pigmy collector who had been living with the primary accused.
- DCP D. L. Nagesh named the suspects as Bindu (also known as Urmila), Vinay, and Dhanush; all three have been arrested and are in custody as questioning continues.
- Investigators say the suspects made the victim drink, stabbed him multiple times, then gagged and suffocated him with tape or a plastic cover before leaving the body in the house.
- Police report the killing occurred in mid to late February and was discovered days later after a foul smell alerted neighbours, and they say call-data and cellphone location records led to the arrests; one report cites booking under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita while the woman’s acting and LLB claims remain unverified.