Udupi: Udupi district cops have cracked two murder cases which were registered as the missing complaints.
Speaking to the reporters Udupi SP K T Balakrishna on Wednesday, said that the deceased Santhosh Nayak (38), who was involved in fraud cases was killed by Varwadi Praveen Kulal. Praveen was a contract killer and he was given contract to kill Santhosh by the industrialists and businessmen who were deceived by Santhosh.
“He was harassed by Kulal every day to disclose about the whereabouts of the amount he had taken from the businessmen. However, Nayak did not yield to the torture and finally succumbed to the injuries happened due to the harassment,” he said.
The SP said “Nayak was buried in the dried well in the forest in Heeriyadaka. In the place where Nayak was harassed and murdered, all attempts were made to mislead the police by clearing off the evidences. Kulal brought the carcasses of the dead cattle and spread over the area and burnt it. Although Nayak was kidnapped in December 2, his family members lodged the complaint on January 4, 2017, due to fear of Kulal,” he added.
Elaborating over the chain of events that took place in the aftermath of the murder, SP said that after the murder, Kulal was also hacked to death by his rivals in Hiriyadka. The person who was assigned the job was also lodged in the same jail and he revealed the same to Santhu after his return from the court. Kulal had given him the job when he met Mambettu Santhosh in court.
However, the officer declined to throw light on other various aspects. One Sujith Pinto had given Rs 1.50 lakh to Mambettu Santhosh to finish off Kulal. It was a plan hatched by Poojary sitting in the jail, he said.
The police have arrested Prasad from Erlapadi (28), Dayananda from Mangaluru (36), Wilfred Arthur alias Vinnu from Udupi (42), Jayanth Pai from Heeriyadaka (65), Krishna from Pernanankila (28), Mahesh Achari from Marne (30), Ramesh from Pernanankila (26) and Prakash Kulal (34). Of them, Jayanth Pai and Wifred are the businessmen in connection with the murder of Santhosh Nayak.