A 16-year-old girl has been taken into custody for allegedly helping her 23-year-old friend murder her grandmother in Karnataka’s Mandya district after the woman objected to their friendship, police said on Tuesday.
Police initially suspected that the death was not natural after relatives noticed marks on her neck. Investigators are searching for Akash, who allegedly fled after the incident. The victim, identified as 55-year-old Mahadevamma, was found dead at her house in Bookanakere village in K R Pet taluk on the morning of October 11.
Shobha Rani said police had registered a murder case and were awaiting the autopsy report.
The death initially appeared natural to the family. On the morning of October 11, a woman identified as Yashodha visited the house and tried to speak to Mahadevamma, but received no response.
The granddaughter allegedly told her that she had been asleep through the night and did not know what had happened.
What led to the investigation
Mandya superintendent of police Shobha Rani told HT that the investigation, based on the minor’s confession, indicated that the girl had allegedly called Akash to the house on the night of October 10 and assisted him in the murder. Our inquiry revealed that her 16-year-old granddaughter, who is in conflict with the law, allegedly committed the crime in collusion with her friend Akash,” she said. A complaint by a relative, identified as Ravikumar, who raised suspicions about the circumstances of her death, led to an investigation. “Based on a complaint filed by Ravikumar, who suspected that Mahadevamma’s death was not natural, we registered a case and began an investigation.
