A city-based gang has been arrested for allegedly killing two women by smashing their heads with stones as part of a “sacrifice” to get a “hidden treasure”.
The five-member gang led by Ravindra alias Kadumanushya alias Ajay, were arrested on January 14, City Police Commissioner N Achutha Rao told a press conference here.
According to Rao, a ‘tantrik’ had told Ravindra that he would get a “hidden treasure’ in his room if he sacrificed women. Ravindra decided to conduct the sacrifice with the help of his four accomplices identified as Mohan, Shekar, Ravikumar and Chandrashekar.
He won the confidence of two women, Aruna and Elizabeth, who had certain family problems. He offered to help get rid of the problems by performing pooja.
On December 12, 2007, the gang took Aruna by an autorickshaw from here to Bellur village in Mandya district for the ‘pooja’.
While performing pooja that night, Ravindra asked Aruna to place her head on a stone and pray for the success of the pooja with her eyes closed. While the unsuspecting woman was praying, the accused smashed her head with another stone and escaped with her jewellery.
Two days later, the gang managed to take Elizabeth to a place near Maddur in the same district. They used a similar modus operandi to murder her too, Rao said.
Investigations by the police into the murder cases led to the gang, which was arrested on January 14, he said
Police suspects that the gang must have been involved in more such crimes
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