A software engineer, who went missing from his house on December 4, was found murdered at Anantagiri Hills near Vikarabad on Tuesday. Police identified the culprits and took them into custody after the prime accused mistakenly shared photographs of the body with several people on his facebook friends’ list.
Goud had married Sandhya, Kumar’s sister, seven years ago. The marriage ended in divorce a few years later.
When SR Nagar police contacted the family members of Chandrasekhar on Saturday, they confirmed that Chandrasekhar was not present at home and had not contacted them for the past three days. A missing case was booked at SR Nagar police station.
Chandrasekhar had been staying alone at a house in Balkampet and police got to know about the incident when one of the friends of the software engineer contacted them and informed them that the photographs of his body uploaded on facebook by unknown persons.
The subsequent probe revealed that based on the instructions of Chennai-based Arun Kumar Goud, brother of Chandrasekhar’s first wife Sandhya, three persons — Younus, Shiva and Madhu — had made a forcible entry into the victim’s house when he was alone on Saturday night and smothered him to death after knocking him unconscious with chloroform. “Arun bore a grudge against Chandrasekhar as the latter had harassed his sister and was not giving alimony after the divorce. So, Arun hatched the murder plan and took support of the three to eliminate him,” a police official of SR Nagar said.
The victim’s photo was then widely circulated on the site through the woman’s friends, inviting attention from West Zone police. The cops stitched together clues and finally nabbed the mastermind, Chennai resident Arun Kumar, and three hired assasins.
The mother of the victim – Chandrashekhar Goud of Balkampet, a software professional – had earlier approached S.R. Nagar police, who registered a case of missing person. They later booked a case of murder. Goud’s decomposed body was traced to bushes at a secluded place on the outskirts of Vikarabad in Ranga Reddy district on Tuesday. It was sent to Gandhi Hospital for autopsy.
The story unfolded a few days ago when Kumar struck a deal with a certain Younus, offering him Rs. 6 lakh to eliminate Goud.
“We’re told Goud agreed to pay Rs. 10 lakh, 400 grams of gold jewellery and provide a flat for Sandhya. But he reportedly failed to keep his promise,” police said.
Kumar has admitted to police that he was frustrated over the Goud’s failure to provide the promised wealth. He then approached Younus and his associates, Shiva and Madhu, five days ago. In the early hours of the day, the trio went to Goud’s house at Balkampet. He was made unconscious using chloroform while asleep and taken to Vikarabad in a car.
After eliminating him in the vehicle, they dumped the body in the bushes and fled. Younus allegedly sent the victim’s photo through email to Kumar who posted it on Facebook so as to inform Sandhya. On being alerted, West Zone police led by DCP V. Satyanarayana worked on vague leads and detected persons responsible for it.
———–Siasat News