Mangaluru, Jan 20: The city police have nabbed two accused in connection with the murder case of a married woman from Madhya Pradesh who was found murdered in her rented room in Panambur station limits few days ago.
The police on Monday evening nabbed Ajju alias Ajju Pradhan (23), son of Bhikyari Pradhan and his uncle Vrindavan Pradhan (38), son of Raghu Pradhan, both hailing from Baniyan panchayat in Ganjam district in Odisha.
Addressing mediapersons at a press conference here on Tuesday, DCP (Crime & Traffic) Vishnuvardhana N said that both the accused had been residing in a rented room in the same building as the murdered woman Kalpana, who was found murdered in her room in Meenakaliya in Panambur on the outskirts of the city on January 13.
During preliminary investigation, sleuths from jurisdictional Panambur police station found that Kalpana had been bludgeoned to death with a boulder after being assaulted with a sharp weapon.
He said that a police team was formed and during a detailed inquiry, found that two persons residing in the same building had been missing since the night of the murder. Following this lead, the police team tracked the two accused to the railway station at Suratkal and arrested them. During interrogation, the two confessed to have murdered the woman, he informed, adding that the two worked as daily-wage labourers.
He also informed that as per the statements of the accused, they murdered the woman for having resisted their advances when they entered her room unwittingly on the night of January 12, while her husband was away. The weapons used by the accused have also been recovered by the police.
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