Kota double murder: Two more arrested

Team Udayavani, Feb 15, 2019, 7:38 AM IST

Kota: Two more accused in the double murder case at Chikkanakere near Kota have been arrested by the police and produced before the Court. The arrested are identified as Chandrashekhar Reddy (48) a resident of Manuru Kota and Ratish M Karkara (34),a resident of Bramhagiri Udupi.

One of the arrested is a prime accused

The arrested Chandrashekhar Reddy is the brother of the prime accused Rajashekhar Reddy and Harish Reddy and was employed as a driver. It is being said that he is directly related to the murder. Ratish is a businessman in Udupi, a friend of the accused and is accused of assisting the escape of the accused.

Arrested when approaching the lawyer?

It is being said that the accused was nabbed when he had come to Kundapur to have talks with a lawyer in connection to availing bail. However, the police have not confirmed this.

Number of arrested increases to 15

In connection to this murder Rajashekhar Reddy , Medical Ravi, Harish Reddy, Mahesh Ganiga, Ravichandra Poojary, Udupi GP BJP member Raghavendra Kanchan, Pavan amin and Virendra Acharya, Abhishek (Abhi Palan), Barkur Hanehalli resident Santosh Kunder, Rotti Nagaraj, Bhadravati resident Pranav Rao and Anjar resident Shankar Mogaveera have already been arrested. Thus, the total number of accused arrested in connection to the Kota double murder case has risen to 15.