What first gave the impression to be a tragic highway accident in Karnataka, turned out to be a ‘well-planned homicide’ impressed by a Rajinikanth film. The crime occurred about 177 km from the state capital, underneath the Gandasi police limits. The police, by the way, cracked the case after the ‘lifeless man’ approached them searching for assist in getting his loss of life declare.
On August 13, 2024, Shilparani, 39, walked to the Gandasi police station and knowledgeable the police that her husband, Muniswamy Gowda, 49, was hit by a lorry when he was altering the tyre of their car close to Arasikere.
In line with Shilparani, their daughter was a pupil in Mangaluru, they usually had been returning after assembly her when the ‘accident’ occurred. They needed to cease the automotive as one of many tyres bought punctured. Somesh, the driving force, was attempting to vary the broken tyre, and Muniswamy Gowda was on the rear finish of the automotive to fetch the stepney when he bought hit by the lorry. Each Somesh and Shilparani claimed that Gowda died on the spot.
After Shilparani filed the criticism, the police began looking for the lorry that triggered the accident.
The investigation
Shilparani recognized her husband’s physique and cremated it. Recalling the case, Raghavendra Prakash, the investigating officer, mentioned, “She had misplaced her husband, and we didn’t search any particulars for just a few days out of sympathy. As days handed, we wanted some solutions. We additionally traced lorry driver Devendra Nayaka and arrested him.”
It later emerged that Shilparani had requested the docs to cowl the face of the physique with a bandage as a lot as attainable. In the meantime, she utilized for an insurance coverage declare value Rs 3-4 crore. Then got here the shocker – the autopsy report highlighted that the sufferer was strangled to loss of life previous to the accident.
When Deadman walked
Srinivas, an inspector on the Sidlaghatta police station in Chikkaballapura, some 232 km from Gandesi, bought a go to from none aside from the ‘Deadman’ himself – Muniswamy Gowda – whose funeral he had attended just some days in the past.
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Srinivas had attended Gowda’s funeral just some days earlier than he got here to police station. (Specific Photograph)
Srinivas and Gowda are distant kin, and the latter reportedly approached the police inspector considering he would assist him cowl up his crime. Nevertheless, Srinivas knowledgeable Raghavendra Prakash, resulting in Gowda’s arrest. Gowda was then handed over to the Hassan police, and upon interrogation, he allegedly confessed to the crime.
A police officer mentioned, “Gowda anticipated that Srinivas would assist him, however he didn’t.”
Homicide impressed by Rajinikanth-starrer film
The police, thereafter, tried to establish the id of the homicide sufferer. Because the probe continued, extra stunning particulars emerged.
It got here to gentle that Gowda, who was an agriculturist and likewise ran a tyre store in Hoskote close to Bengaluru, incurred big losses and borrowed cash from his pals. Reeling underneath piles of loans and pursuits, Gowda was searching for attainable methods to clear his money owed. He drew inspiration from the Tamil film, Sivaji: The Boss, starring famous person Rajinikanth. Within the film, the character performed by Rajinikanth is assumed lifeless when he’s not and changed by a physique that resembles him. Taking a cue from it, Gowda determined to do one thing related, mentioned Prakash.
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Gowda reportedly approached Srinivas, a police inspector and his distant relative, considering he would assist him cowl up his crime. Nevertheless, Srinivas knowledgeable Raghavendra Prakash (in picture). (Specific Photograph)
The police mentioned that Gowda began searching for a possible physique double from June 2024 onward. He discovered a rag picker and supplied him with meals and cash every day. “A number of planning went into it… even the blood group testing of the ragpicker was accomplished. For nearly two months, he (the sufferer) was with Gowda,” Prakash added.
Then, Gowda employed lorry driver Nayaka. He bought Nayaka a brand new lorry and paid him Rs 5 lakh. On August 12, 2024, the rag picker travelled with Gowda, and he was first strangled to loss of life. Later, Nayaka ran the lorry over his physique.
Gowda’s plan was to pretend his loss of life, let his spouse declare the insurance coverage cash to repay the loans, and shift his household to Nepal or one other a part of northern India, the police mentioned.
The automobiles used within the crime. (Specific Photograph)
The trial
The police additionally arrested Shilparani and Somesh, and a cost sheet was filed. Nevertheless, what stays unsolved is the id of the ragpicker. “We tried looking for his members of the family, however we didn’t get a lot lead,” a police officer mentioned.
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The trial within the case is being performed, however all of the accused have come out on bail.