Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Jan 15: Love was kindled between Amit, an advocate who was killed in Soladevanahalli shootout, and his paramour, Shruti Gowda, who ended life later by hanging herself, on Facebook, it is gathered.
Another curious information relating to these deaths arising out of murder and suicide, is that Shruti's husband, Rajesh, was alerted about this illicit relationship by Amit's wife. Rajesh and his father, Gopalakrishna, who surrendered in Soladevanahalli police station after the murder of Amit revealed this information to the police.
Amit, resident of MEI Layout here, and Shruti Gowda, working as panchayat development officer and staying at Kaggalipura, came to know each other about seven to eight months back through social website, Facebook. After they exchanged details and cellphone numbers, they used to meet often, it is said. Growing suspicious about the behaviour of her husband, Amit's wife checked his Facebook account and realized that he was exchanging messages with a lady that were outright appalling.
Amith and Shruti
Amit's wife then got in touch with Rajesh, telling him about her suspicion about his wife's relationship with her husband, and asking him to exercise control over his wife. When confronted by Rajesh, Shruti reportedly said that they were just friends on Facebook. On various occasions, Shruti, working at Railway Gollahalli, used to come home late, and got angry when questioned, saying that she had too much work to handle.
Unknown to Shruti, Rajesh recently got GPS fitted to Shruti's car when getting it serviced. Through this, the family could gather information about Shruti's movements. Their 11-year-old marriage which resulted in two daughters, came to an abrupt end after Rajesh and Gopalakrishna traced her location, reached near Acharya College near Soladevanahalli, after which Gopalakrishna fired at Amit and killed him. It is said that Amit and Shruti were in compromising position inside the car when they reached there. Before going there, Rajesh had called Shruti, who said she was participating in an official meeting and would not be available till evening. She also forwarded an old photo of a meeting through WhatsApp to convince him, it is learnt.