Bengaluru: Property row turns bloody, six of a family killed
Reason was a dispute over sharing of water between brothers from a well in the field
BIDAR: In a gruesome planned murder in Bidar, six members of a family have been killed in a cylinder blast engineered by a family member following a dispute at Varvaatti village in Bhalki taluk. A dispute over sharing of water between brothers from an open well in the field is said to have caused the heinous crime.
According to police, on the evening of May 5th, Mukhendra(16) and Dharmendra(22) succumbed to their burn injuries at a private hospital in Hyderabad, taking the toll to six. The two were shifted to Hyderabad for advanced treatment after they were moved from Kalaburagi where they were being treated till they developed complications. While Mukhendra was studying in SSLC, Dharmendra was a student of engineering.
The mayhem began in the early hours of April 27, when the younger brothers of Eshwar Vasudev, Sudhkar and Rajendra, allegedly leaked gas from the LPG cylinder and set off a blast which killed those in the vicinity.
Following this, the head of the family Vasudev Tukaram(75) died on the spot on April 27. The seriously injured Mukhendra (19) son of Eshwar, Vasudev, succumbed to his injuries at Bidar hospital on April 30. Mr Eshwar died at a private hospital in Kalaburagi on May 3 and his wife Parvathi died at the same hospital the next day.
According to the Superintendent of Police C H Sudheerkumar Reddy, all the 16 accused in the case have been arrested. “We have strong evidence against them, including the prime suspects in the case Sudhkar and Rajendra”, he added.
Sudhakar, who was a car mechanic, was said to have knowledge of fitting the gas kit on to cars. He is alleged to have used his expertise to trigger the blast without causing injury to the perpetrators.