Bangalore, January 21: Four persons, including a couple, were arrested here for allegedly murdering an engineering student, police said today.
Tushar Mehto (21), a student of SKIT college near Hesarghatta, was murdered on January 14.
Rohit (24), a native of Ranchi, his wife Shivani (21) and her sister Preethi who hail from Agra and their friend Varish (21), a native of Patna, have been arrested in connection with the case, the police said.
Tushar, who hailed from Patna, was residing near his college and had acquaintances with dance bar girls in the city including Shivani, they said.
The five — Tushar, Rohit, Shivani, Preethi and Varish– met at Rohit’s house on January 14. They consumed liquor and planned to extort Rs nine lakh as ransom from Tushar’s father, a contractor in Patna, on the pretext that Tushar had been kidnapped.
–Agencies