Mangaluru, Aug 25: The police have cracked the recent murder case of cloth merchant Sudarshan Jain from Moodbidri by arresting three persons including his own brother.
The arrested are victim’s brother Sudhir Jain, 24, a resident of Hosabettu; Sandeep Shetty, 19, a resident of Siddakatte; and Balaraj, 23, a resident of Arambodi. A court remanded all the accused in police custody until Monday.
Sudarshan Jain, a resident of Moodbidri had gone missing on August 11. There was suspicion that he might have been murdered. His body was recovered on August 17 at Maravoor on the outskirts of the city. The body bore injury marks on the neck and chest.
According to the investigator, the victim’s brother was angry over a financial dealing, after which he abducted and strangled his brother and later dumped the body in the river with help of two other accused.
Police said Sudarshan Jain had gone missing on August 11. There was suspicion that he might have been murdered. His body was recovered on August 17. The body bore injury marks on the neck and chest.
According to police, Sudarshan, who was running a garment shop, had left his workplace on August 11 along with his brother Sudhir Jain, who runs an air conditioner sales and service shop, on his motorbike, after finishing work. When they reached near his house in Hosabettu, Sudhir’s friends were waiting in a car.
They bundled Sudarshan inside and took him to a remote location. He was strangled and stabbed, after which his body was thrown into the Phalguni River. It was recovered a few days later near Maravoor Dam. Accused Sandeep used to work with Sudhir.
The reason for the murder was a property dispute. Sudarshan’s mother had sold 2.7 acres, recently, for Rs 27 lakh, and had received Rs 6 lakh in advance. Sudhir had received Rs 3 lakh, and he used to harass his brother Sudarshan to give his share of the money to him too, said sources. When he refused, Sudhir, got enraged, and hatched a plot to murder his brother, along with his accomplices. It is alleged that he planned to murder Sudarshan, so that he got the entire money which was received from selling the land.
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