Venur : The Venur police have detained a person in connection with the death case of Bhagyashree, who was charred to death at her residence here on April 6.

The suspect Shivappa (49), a resident of Marody and a distant relative of Bhagyashree was detained on April 15 and was interrogated for the second day too.

Police sources said, that a death note was found under the mattress of Bhagyashree which had the mention of the name of suspect.

Bhagyashree, daughter of Ramanna Salian and Shashikala and a B.Sc student of Alva’s College was found dead at her residence on April 6 in a fire incident.

The main door of the house was latched from outside when the incident took place. This had led to suspicion among the family members and locals.