A Bengaluru cab driver arrested for allegedly murdering his wife and six of his in-laws committed the killings over a period of “15 to 20 days”, city police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said on Friday.
The 45-year-old accused, identified as S Indushekhar, committed the murders over a domestic dispute and dumped the bodies in different locations. The suspected murders came to light after the mother of one of his sisters-in-law lodged a missing-person complaint, with police uncovering the multiple killings during investigation.
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The timeline provided by the accused is yet to be verified, the city police commissioner said, adding that six of the seven bodies were yet to be recovered.
“There was a missing person case registered…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, including his wife. All deceased are relatives of his wife,” Singh said.
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Apart from his wife, Indushekhar allegedly killed his mother-in-law, two brothers-in-law, their wives and a seven-year-old nephew. Singh said that Indushekhar claimed that his minor daughter helped him dispose of the bodies, but added that police were verifying the claim.
“He is giving a version that he called them one by one, murdered them, and disposed of the bodies in places he has indicated; we are verifying this with the district SPs of those areas. Six bodies have yet to be found as per the information provided by the accused,” the commissioner said.
