Mangaluru: Kalpana, a homemaker of Odisha origin, had been murdered near the Aithal compound in Meenakaliya on the night of Jan 12. Two persons hailing from Odisha have been arrested by the Panambur police on Monday.
They are Ajju aka Ajju Pradhan (23) and his uncle Vrindavan Pradhan (38). They stayed on the ground floor of the same building where Kalpana and her husband lived.
The two accused, working at MCF on daily wages were aware that Kalpana was the only woman living in the entire building and also that her husband worked on night shift while she was alone at home.
According to their confessions during interrogation, they both planned to take sexual advantage of her on the night of Jan 12. They knocked on the door in the night. When she asked who it was, one of them it was her husband. She was surprised as to why he would return home so soon while on night shift.
As she tried to open the door reluctantly, the two men barged into the house and tried to sexually assault her. She is said to have resisted the attempt. Apparently, she had identified them. Hence they thought that they would be in trouble if left alive.
The two accused, working at MCF on daily wages were aware that Kalpana was the only woman living in the entire building and also that her husband worked on night shift while she was alone at home.
According to their confessions during interrogation, they both planned to take sexual advantage of her on the night of Jan 12. They knocked on the door in the night. When she asked who it was, one of them it was her husband. She was surprised as to why he would return home so soon while on night shift.
As she tried to open the door reluctantly, the two men barged into the house and tried to sexually assault her. She is said to have resisted the attempt. Apparently, she had identified them. Hence they thought that they would be in trouble if left alive.
Mangaluru: Two Arrested in Kalpana Murder case
by RAJ, Team Mangalorean
Mangaluru: Two persons have been arrested by the CCB police in connection with the murder of Kalpana, who was a native of Madhya Pradesh, on January 12th night, said DCP crime Vishnuvardhan in a press meet held at the Police Commissioner’s Office here on January 20.
The arrested are Ajju Alias Ajju Pradhan (23) and his uncle Vrindhavan Pradhan (38), natives of Odisha.
DCP Vishnuvardhan also said that both the accused had rented a room that belonged to Narasimha Ithal in the first floor at Meenakaliya. On January 12 when Kalpana’s husband was on duty, both Ajju and Vridhavan went to Kalpana’s room. They attempted to rape her but when Kalpana did not co-operate, they hacked her with a sickle, hit her with an iron rod and then killed her with a stone which they found in the room.
As soon as the incident took place, Ajju and Vrindhavan fled from the scene and were absconding. During their investigations, the police found that Ajju and Vrindhavan were missing from their room. The police had formed a team to track the suspects. On January 19, the police team led by ACP Ravikumar, ACPI Panambur Lokesh, PSI Panambur Satish M P, ASI Devu Shetty and others arrested the accused at the Suratkal Railway Station.
The police have also recovered the weapons used for the murder.
