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Bengaluru, Two more bodies have been recovered by the police from a forest area near Chamundi Hills in Mysuru district in connection with a series of murders allegedly committed by a cab driver over domestic disputes, taking the total number of bodies recovered so far to five.

The accused allegedly committed the murders at his house within the Rajajinagar police station limits and disposed of the bodies at different locations across Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Police are yet to recover the remaining two bodies. Police suspect the killings took place over the last 15 to 20 days. The matter came to light after a missing-person complaint was registered at the Srirampura police station on November 3.

“Two more bodies identified as Shivakumar and Divya have been found near the Chamundi Hills forest area,” police said on Sunday. On Friday, police had recovered the body of a seven-year-old boy, identified as Puneeth, near Nandi Hills.

The accused, cab driver Indusekar alias Sekar, allegedly murdered seven members of his wife’s family, including the child, over domestic disputes in Bengaluru.