Executive murdered, body dumped in lake

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The 29-year-old executive of a gold loan firm which has the facility of home delivery of gold loans has been strangled to death. The body was disposed of at a lake in Magadi by two assailants. The main accused, who was in need of money, hatched a plot to rob the executive by calling them home under the pretext of pledging gold ornaments and taking a loan on it. The accused had sourced the details of the firm and the executive from the internet. When the victim went to the house of the accused, he was strangled to death at his house in Sunkadakatte and the body was disposed of at the lake. The accused robbed the victim of the money he had on him to pay after the gold was pledged.

The deceased has been identified as B Diwakar, a resident of Sarabandepalya in Banashankari 2nd phase. The accused are identified as Manjunath, 28, a native of Mesanahalli village of Kunigal taluk and Muniraju, 24, of Uttari Village. The incident occurred on January 20th. On the next day, Diwakar’s mother Lakshmi, 51, had filed a missing complaint with Puttenahalli police after her son went missing. On the same day the victim went missing.

The accused and another woman, who wanted money for their expenses, had come across an ad of a firm which offered home delivery of gold loans. On January 20, the victim went to the residence of the accused. The accused tried to overpower the victim and take the money from him. When Diwakar resisted, the accused strangled them to death,” said an officer.

Later the accused shifted the body and threw it into Honnapura lake. After the police filed a missing complaint, they checked the call details of the victim’s mobile. They also found one of the accused’s numbers in the list. The police traced him. On questioning, murder details were revealed.