The spouse and daughter of former Karnataka police chief Om Prakash have been arrested Monday for his homicide, police mentioned.
The physique of the 68-year-old former Director Common of Police (DGP) was discovered with a number of stab wounds at his residence in Bengaluru’s HSR Format on Sunday. Following the invention of the physique, police had detained his spouse, Pallavi, 65, and their daughter, Kriti.
The case has now been transferred to the Bengaluru Central Crime Department’s ladies’s wing for additional investigation.
In the meantime, a police criticism by Prakash’s son, which fashioned the idea of the FIR, alleged that Pallavi and Kriti have been “affected by melancholy and used to battle with our father day-after-day”.
Karthik Prakash, 40, mentioned in his criticism that he “strongly suspected” that his mom and youthful sister have been concerned within the homicide. He mentioned the previous officer had moved to his sister’s home in Bengaluru as Pallavi had threatened to kill him a number of instances during the last week.
He mentioned it was Kriti who satisfied their father to return house two days in the past. “….my youthful sister Kriti went to [Om Prakash’s sister] Sarita Kumari’s home two days in the past and took our father, Mr Om Prakash, again house.”
Vikash Kumar Vikash, Further Commissioner of Police (West), mentioned: “A criticism was filed by his son. Based mostly on this, an FIR is registered…”
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On Sunday, after the killing of the ex-DGP, his spouse and daughter have been mentioned to have locked themselves up in a room earlier than police arrived. “There have been three folks (on the home) when the incident occurred. We’re sure,” the ACP mentioned. He mentioned a pointy weapon was discovered close to the physique.
Earlier than Prakash’s homicide, his spouse despatched a sequence of messages on a social media discussion board for officers’ households, claiming a risk to her and her daughter’s life from the previous DGP and the workers at their house.
“Me and my daughter have been beneath extreme home violence by the hands of my husband Omprakash, ex DGP Karnataka. His weapons will not be conventional ones. They’re extraordinarily subtle,” one of many messages acknowledged.
“My son has received a revolver and rifles that needs to be seized or taken away instantly. All these occasions are for the sake of property. Greed and jealousy. My husband is supporting my son and daughter in-law,” mentioned one other message.
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Hailing from the small city of Bagaha in Bihar’s West Champaran district, Om Prakash was the son of an LIC clerk who accomplished his research at Banaras Hindu College. After turning into an IPS officer in 1981, he moved to Karnataka and commenced his profession as Further Superintendent of Police of Ballari district.
Aside from serving in varied districts as Superintendent of Police, he was with the Lokayukta police and served as DGP of Felony Investigation Division earlier than assuming cost as DG & IGP in 2015. He retired in 2017 and, since then, had been residing together with his spouse and daughter at his Bengaluru home.
A Bagaha resident, who knew the household, advised The Indian Categorical requesting anonymity: “Om Prakash had a fallout together with his mom after his inter-caste marriage. His mom by no means accepted their marriage. This might be a doable motive for not visiting Bagaha too usually within the early years of his profession.”
Girendra Pandey, a neighbour of the household at Bagaha city, mentioned: “Om Prakash’s household used to stay in Parsauni village until it was swept away within the devastating Gandak floods of 1971. His father, Shivpujan Gupta, had purchased a house at Bagaha and stayed right here until his demise in 2021 through the second wave of Covid-19. None of his two sons got here to Bagaha for his or her father’s ultimate rites.”
His youthful brother lives in Kolkata.
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“Om Prakash final visited Bagaha in 2022 and had put in a Hanuman temple close to his home. His paternal home now stays locked,” mentioned Pandey.