TV9 Special: `ಸಾವಿನ ‘ಸ್ನೇಹ`: I-T Officer's Son Kidnapped, Murdered by Friend For Quick Money - (23-09-2017)
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The 19-year-old son of an Income Tax officer who was kidnapped on September 12 has been murdered. Police found the body of the victim near Rachenahalli lake. Four people, including the boy's friend, have been arrested in connection with the crime.
Sharath, a 19-year-old second year student of automobile engineering, had left his house at Ullal on his new motorbike at 6.30 pm on September 12, telling his parents that he was going to meet his friends.
However, when he did not return home till 8.30 pm, his parents got worried. They informed the police and a case was registered.
"The boy's mother called him many times but the calls went unanswered. Today, his parents and sister received a WhatsApp video from his mobile phone, in which the boy is seen asking them to arrange Rs 50 lakh towards his ransom," said a police officer associated with the investigation.
The kidnapping came to light after Sharath's father and sister received a WhatsApp video on September 12.
"They are demanding Rs 50 lakh. They will call you tomorrow. They have been torturing me. You please pay the ransom," a shaken Sharath is seen pleading in the video.
The teenager was kidnapped by his friend Vishal and his accomplices.The abductors strangled Sharath using a nylon rope after realising that his father has filed a police complaint.
They tied Sharath's body with a concrete slab to drown it in Rachenahalli lake near Kengeri suburb. But the effort failed. The kidnappers then fished out the body and put it in a gunny bag and buried it near the lake.
"Vishal and his men used to check the lake regularly. Sharath's body started floating in the lake a few days later. These men then tied more stones to the body and dumped it again but failed again. They then took out the body and buried it near the lake," Bangalore Police Commissioner T Suneel Kumar said.