Bengaluru serial murder case 

Shivakumar and Divya sedated over dinner, then murdered; Accused Indusekhar taken from Mysuru to Charmadi Ghat to recover two more bodies… 

Mysuru: The bodies of two more victims allegedly murdered by cab driver S. Indusekhar alias Arjun Indusekhar, 52, accused of killing seven members of his wife Sunitha’s family over a domestic and property dispute, were recovered from Chamundi Hill yesterday afternoon.  

The family massacre reportedly took place over a period of 15 to 20 days at Rajajinagar in Bengaluru. The victims were reportedly beaten to death with a grinding stone. The deceased have been identified by their relatives as Shivakumar (46), Indusekhar’s brother-in-law and his wife Divya (30). 

Acting on information received from Bengaluru Police that Indusekhar had dumped 2 bodies on the hill, Mysuru City Police and Forest Dept. personnel launched a search operation. They found 2 highly decomposed bodies near the main road on the hill. Later in the afternoon, a Bengaluru Police, led by Malleswaram ACP Prabhavathi Panduranga and Nandini Layout Police Inspector M.L. Shekar, brought Indusekhar to Chamundi Hill under tight security. 

Krishnaraja (KR) Sub-Division ACP Prakash, KR Police Inspector Dhananjaya and other Mysuru Police personnel assisted the team.  

Two different locations 

When asked to identify the spot where he had dumped the bodies, Indusekhar initially led investigators to two different locations, but no bodies were found there. He eventually confirmed the spot already identified by Forest Department officials and Mysuru City Police. 

One body, wrapped in a red bedsheet, was found hidden in thick bushes near a roadside retaining wall. The other, stuffed inside a gunny sack, was found about 50 metres downhill. The hands and legs of both victims had been tied with ropes. 

The bodies were in an advanced stage of decomposition, with bones visible. Divya’s mother, Kalavathi and her uncle, Rangaswamy, identified the remains as those of Divya and Shivakumar.  

Bengaluru Police then took custody of the bodies after completing the spot mahazar and shifted them to the mortuary at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI). 

Film shooting spot 

The bodies were found about one kilometre from Khoday’s Guest House, a location known for its association with the shooting of scenes from the late actor Vishnuvardhan’s film                                  ‘Suprabhatha.’ 

The case came to light on Nov. 6, when investigators revealed that Indusekhar had murdered seven members of his wife’s family over a property  dispute and dumped their bodies at isolated locations in hill and forest areas. 

On the same day, Police recovered the body of seven-year-old Puneeth from a forest area near Nandi Hills. 

On Saturday (Nov. 7), a Bengaluru Police team took Indusekhar to the Yercaud forest region near Salem, where the bodies of his wife Sunitha and her mother Roopavathi were recovered. 

Following the recovery of Shivakumar and Divya’s bodies at Chamundi Hill, Police sources said, Indusekhar had told investigators that he had dumped the bodies of Shankar and his wife Nalini in the Charmadi Ghat region. He is expected to be taken there today (Nov. 9) for a search operation. 

The seven victims are Indusekhar’s wife Sunitha (40), her mother Roopavathi (65), her brothers Shivakumar (30) and Shankar (44), their wives Divya (30) and Nalini (29), and Shivakumar’s seven-year-old  son Puneeth.