Investigation has revealed that the prime suspect arrested for the kidnapping and homicide of a 13-year-old boy in Bengaluru final week was acquitted in a case of sexual assault on a minor woman in June 2023.
Gurumurthy S alias Nandeesha, 25, was shot at and arrested by the Hulimavu police in Southeast Bengaluru on Friday for allegedly murdering the boy after kidnapping him as he returned from tuition courses.
Sources with the police mentioned Gurumurthy was earlier in jail from September 2020 to January 2021 within the case registered underneath the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act earlier than being launched on bail.
Talking about final week’s case, police sources mentioned the sufferer’s dad and mom – an information analyst at a multinational tech agency and a school lecturer – had employed the suspect as a driver a number of instances, first getting in contact with him by means of a rental service, and later contacting him personally.
“The motive force was acquainted with the household after his companies have been obtained on seven to eight events to drive them in Bengaluru. He was initially employed through an app, however he later requested the household to name him on to avail his companies as it might assist him earn extra,” a supply with the police revealed.
Investigators imagine Gurumurthy, the prime suspect within the case, allegedly used this familiarity to kidnap the boy on July 30 earlier than demanding a ransom of Rs 5 lakh from the dad and mom.
“Gurumurthy, who has tried to do a course in journalism in addition to journey and tourism however by no means accomplished them, could have psychopathic tendencies,” a police supply mentioned, including that “it’s attainable the suspect could have enticed the boy on earlier events as nicely, and had in all probability killed him even earlier than inserting the ransom demand after the boy resisted him.”
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The Bengaluru police mentioned the sufferer left house on his bicycle at 5 pm to attend tuition courses. When he didn’t return by 8 pm, his dad and mom contacted the tutoring trainer, who instructed them that the boy left at 7.30 pm.
A determined search by the household led to the invention of his deserted bicycle at a park in Shantiniketan Format, Arikere, underneath the jurisdiction of the Hulimavu police station. After exhausting inquiries with family members and associates, the dad and mom filed a lacking individual criticism at 10.30 pm.
CCTV visuals obtained by the police point out that the boy stored his bicycle apart and received onto Gurumurthy’s motorcycle. The dad and mom additionally knowledgeable the police that that they had acquired a ransom name for Rs 5 lakh. The following day, the boy’s partially burnt physique was discovered close to the Bannerghatta space, round 10 km from the place the bicycle was noticed.
After committing the homicide, the suspect allegedly referred to as his good friend Gopalkrishna – who has additionally been arrested – to help him in eradicating the physique. Each males sustained bullet accidents of their legs after they allegedly tried to assault the police group in a bid to evade arrest.