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Bengaluru: Cab driver kills wife, six members of her family
Bengaluru police arrested cab driver Indu Shekhar on Thursday following a missing-person complaint at Srirampura Police Station, as he allegedly murdered his wife, Sunita, and six family members over domestic disputes.
Resentment over domestic interference allegedly drove Shekhar to plan the killings, as he claimed his mother-in-law, Roopavathi, and brothers-in-law, Shivakumar and Shankar, frequently sided with Sunita during marital disputes.
Between October 16 and November 3, the accused allegedly invited relatives to his Rajajinagar home, where he killed them using a grinding stone before transporting bodies to multiple locations on the city's outskirts.
Authorities recently recovered the body of seven-year-old Puneeth near the foothills of Nandi Hills, with three special teams led by the DCP continuing to search for the remaining six victims.
Police are investigating whether an accomplice assisted Shekhar, who reportedly used chemicals to destroy evidence, while authorities verify his confession and establish the exact sequence of the alleged killings.