Mother, lover among six held for youth’s murder in Belagavi
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The victim, Vijay Narayan, a resident of RT Nagar in Bengaluru, was allegedly murdered because he opposed his mother Meena’s relationship with Rakesh, a man from Maharashtra
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Mother, lover among six held for youth’s murder in Belagavi
Belagavi: Ina shocking case of alleged murder driven by an illicit relationship, a woman has been arrested along with her lover and four others for conspiring to kill her 24-year-old son in Belagavi.
The victim, Vijay Narayan, a resident of RT Nagar in Bengaluru, was allegedly murdered because he opposed his mother Meena’s relationship with Rakesh, a man from Maharashtra. Police said the accused lured Vijay to Belagavi on the pretext of watching the Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations on November 1 and strangled him with a Kannada flag.
The Malamaruti police have arrested six people, including Meena, Rakesh and his four associates — Sachin, Manoj, Thammanna and Eknath. Meena, who worked as a manager at a beauty parlour in Bengaluru, had allegedly developed a relationship with Rakesh. To prevent Vijay from suspecting their relationship, she had reportedly appointed him as her personal car driver.
However, Vijay came to know about the relationship and strongly objected to it. As his opposition allegedly became an obstacle to their relationship, Meena and Rakesh are suspected to have planned his murder. According to the police, Rakesh and his associates brought Vijay to Belagavi, promising to take him to the grand Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations. On the night of November 1, they allegedly took him to an isolated spot near a highway and strangled him using a Kannada flag before abandoning his body and fleeing.
Meena was in Bengaluru at the time of the murder but allegedly remained in contact with the accused over the phone and received updates about the crime. Rakesh subsequently returned to Bengaluru. The murder came to light after the Malamaruti police found the body of an unidentified youth in an isolated area. Inspector B R Gadd ekar and his team began an investigation and established the victim’s identity as Vijay Narayan.
