Geologist’s murder: Victim’s former driver slit her throat, say police


Team Udayavani, Nov 6, 2023, 3:00 PM IST

Bengaluru: The Surbamanyapura police have reportedly arrested several suspects in the murder of a senior geologist.

The victim, Prathima K S (45) was found strangled and with her throat slit in her home in Doddakallasandra.

Jurisdictional Subramanyapura police, who launched a probe quickly, made three arrests based on the suspicion and one of them, former driver Kiran turned out to be the alleged killer, police said.

The police were making preparations to produce him before the court and take him into custody.

The accused worked on a contract basis and was sacked from the job last week.

He was alleged to have been leaking critical information and movements of the officials. The deceased Prathima had questioned and slammed him. However, Kiran did not mend ways and continued to leak information, hence he was sacked, police stated.

The accused nursed a grudge against Prathima and decided to kill her. He knew that Prathima lived alone at her flat. On Saturday night, he managed to sneak inside her flat and strangled her to death. He also slit her throat.

Prathima’s brother Pratheesh had called her on Saturday night, but the call was not answered. In the morning when the call again was not answered, he came to the flat. When she did not answer the bell, Pratheesh tried to peep through the window and noticed her body.

The police after gathering the preliminary information found that Kiran had disappeared and his phone was switched off. The police managed to gather information and nab him while he was moving towards Chamarajanagar district.

Meanwhile, the funeral of the deceased was held in Thirthahalli on Monday, as per the rituals of the Vokkaliga community.

(With IANS inputs)

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