The bodies of two of the remaining seven family members of a Bengaluru cab driver, whom he allegedly killed along and then dumped them at separate places, were found in a forest along Shiradi Ghat in Karnataka, about 260 km from the state capital on Monday, ending a search spanning two states.
With all seven bodies recovered, investigators will focus on forensic examinations to establish the sequence and timing of the killings and corroborate Indushekar’s disclosures with other evidence. Police were examining whether sleeping pills were mixed with food and alcohol to incapacitate some victims before they were attacked with a grinding stone. Indushekar’s 11-year-old nephew, whose parents were among those killed, travelled with him believing they were on a holiday, police said.
The boy, rescued when Indusekar was arrested, said that his uncle took him to Kempegowda International Airport, the Kukke Subrahmanya temple in Dakshina Kannada district, Dharmasthala and Sringeri. Bengaluru police commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said Indusekar, who also runs a Kannada-English monthly tabloid, allegedly confessed to the murders during interrogation.
Investigators suspect that disputes over his wife’s continued association with her parental family were among the factors behind the killings. Indushekar, 52, was arrested on November 5, after allegedly killing his wife and six members of her family at their residence in Rajajinagar over about 15 days.
