Parents kill girl, consume cyanide in suicide pact

Bangalore, Aug 24: A jeweller and his wife allegedly killed their seven-year-old daughter before ending their own lives by consuming potassium cyanide early on Friday.

Sandeep (38), Archana (36) and Aditi (7) were found dead inside their car, parked on the roadside at Chikkasane near Devanahalli. Sandeep owned a jewellery shop at Gandhi Bazar in Basavanagudi. The family lived at Hanumanthnagar. Aditi was a Class II student in Bishop Cotton English Medium School.

Police have found a death note, drafted in English, inside the car. It read: “We are no longer interested in living. There is something which has upset us. We have decided to end our lives on our own. We request the police not to probe into the matter.”

Family members were also clueless about what prompted them to commit suicide. The couple had spoken to many of their relatives on Thursday, the police said.

Sandeep, who also owned several jewellery facilities across the City, returned home late on Thursday. The couple called most of their relatives, enquiring about their well-being. They sent text messages to some of the relatives reading: “We are no longer interested in life. You won't see us tomorrow. We are going to Chikkasane near Devanahalli to end our lives.”

“I was shocked when I read the message after I woke up on Friday,” Sandeep's brother Satish said. “I was worried as to what might have gone wrong and called up my brother, but there was no response. I rushed to the place he had mentioned in the message and spotted his car on the roadside. All of them were dead. I alerted the police and other relatives.”

The police said Sandeep had easy access to potassium cyanide as it is used to clean jewellery.?It is not known how they carried it. The police have quarantined the car as potassium cyanide is extremely poisonous and can kill anybody in less than three seconds.

The bodies were taken to hospital for post-mortem.

The messages were sent around midnight and they apparently consumed poison around 3:30 am, the police said.

A juice glass has been recovered from the car. “We suspect that the couple mixed the poison with juice and offered it to Aditi,” said a police officer. He added that some materials have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for examination.

Aditi was a brilliant student, according to a few relatives.

Archana's mother, Saraswathi, said she hailed from a poor family, but her daughter had every comfort in life. “How could they kill Aditi, who was so cute and brilliant? For what mistake of hers did they take Aditi's life?” an inconsolable Saraswathi lamented.

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SIT raids rape accused BJP MLA Munirathna’s residence, 15 other locations

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September 28,2024

Bengaluru, Sep 28: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing charges against arrested Karnataka BJP MLA N. Munirathna Naidu, including allegations of rape, honey-trapping, and other offences, on Saturday conducted raids at his residence and 15 other locations across the city.

Sources confirmed that the raids were taking place at his Vyalikaval residence and other properties owned by the BJP MLA. The operation is being conducted by the SIT under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) led by ACP Kavitha.

The team is examining documents, electronic devices, and other materials related to the rape and honey-trapping case. The SIT is being supported by experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), with Superintendent of Police (SP) Sowmya Latha also participating in the search and inspection at Munirathna’s Vyalikaval residence.

According to sources, the raids were triggered by information provided by the victim, who alleged that Munirathna recorded footage of sexual assaults and used it to blackmail politicians and public servants, including IAS and IPS officers.

The victim reportedly revealed that she was used to entrap the woman who had lodged a rape case against a senior IFS officer. She was allegedly instructed to frame the rape victim in a drug peddling case.

The complainant told police that she was tasked with capturing compromising videos of the rape victim who had filed the case against the IFS officer. She claimed that, after several failed attempts to obtain the videos, the victim was drugged with sleeping pills, and obscene footage was recorded without her consent. Later, the IFS officer was bailed out from the charges.

Furthermore, the complainant has accused MLA Munirathna of raping her at his office within the state legislature, in his official vehicle, and at his godown. She has alleged that he recorded videos of these assaults.

Police sources also revealed that the victim in the MLA's case provided details of a plot involving sending HIV-infected women to Munirathna's targets in an attempt to ruin them politically and personally. She also disclosed the names of several politicians whom she had entrapped through honey-trapping.

The woman further claimed that Munirathna had threatened to have her son kidnapped and killed if she refused to comply with his demands. According to her, the MLA had a well-organised team dedicated to carrying out these honey-trapping operations, and she provided details about his close associates and relatives involved in the scheme.

Munirathna, who was in judicial custody following his arrest in the rape and honey-trap case, has now been taken into the custody of the SIT.

The MLA was transferred from Bengaluru Central Jail to the CID office on the night of September 24. The BJP legislator, however, has denied all the allegations, claiming they are false.

Karnataka Congress leader D.K. Suresh had alleged that Munirathna was trying to infect his adversaries with HIV and that the government should investigate the matter.

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