BENGALURU: Bengaluru Police on Friday revealed that the minor daughter of a man arrested for allegedly murdering seven members of his wife’s family assisted him at every stage of the killings and the subsequent disposal of the bodies.Investigators are questioning her to establish her possible role in the case.The accused, identified as Indushekar, allegedly murdered his wife and six of her relatives, including a seven-year-old boy, following prolonged domestic disputes. Police said he claimed to have committed the killings over a period of 15 to 20 days, although his account is still being verified.One body has been recovered so far, while police teams are searching for the remaining six.Addressing the media, Bengaluru city police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said the case came to light after a missing-person complaint was filed by relatives who had not heard from some family members for several days.Suspicion subsequently turned towards the accused, leading to his arrest.“The police have arrested a person who claims that, within a span of 15 to 20 days, which is subject to verification, he has murdered seven people. All of them are his relatives. Moreover, he has murdered his wife and all relatives of his wife. All six to seven persons are relatives of his wife, belonging to two families,” he said.According to the accused’s account, he called the victims to his house one by one, allegedly killed them and disposed of their bodies at different locations. Police are checking the locations he identified with the respective district police teams.“This is a very, very serious offence that has happened within the family. One minor has been murdered along with six other people. We are verifying from all angles how it happened.”“He is giving a version that he called them one by one, murdered them, and disposed of the bodies in places he has indicated; we are verifying this with the district SPs of those areas. Six bodies have yet to be found as per the information provided by the accused,” he said.The commissioner said one body had been recovered and special teams had been formed to locate the others. Police have also contacted stations in the districts where the accused allegedly disposed of the bodies.Investigators are examining whether anyone else helped the accused. His minor daughter is among those being questioned over her alleged involvement.“We have to check who all were involved with him; he has a minor daughter, and there is an angle that he also took her help. For that, we are also questioning the daughter. So we are investigating in different ways,” he said.Police sources told news agency ANI, the accused was a cab driver and had a previous chain-snatching case against him.According to the initial investigation, the killings took place at his house near Bahsyam circle in Srirampura, within the Rajajinagar police station limits.Indushekar had been married to Sunita for around 20 years and frequently quarrelled with her over visits to her parental home. Attempts by relatives to reconcile the couple had failed to resolve their differences.He allegedly resented the support Sunita received from her mother and brothers and decided to target her family.
