Daijiworld Media Network-Mangaluru (RJP)
Mangaluru, Apr 30: With the police in city managing to crack the murder case of Karthik Raj, suspicions from many that quarters that it was a political murder have died down. People were surprised to learn that sibling rivalry prompted the sister to arrange to kill her own brother.
Karthik Raj was assaulted on October 22 last year and he breathed his last the next day. From the day first, people were made to believe that it was a political murder. As Karthik Raj’s father was a BJP member, this theory gained more prominence gradually. Some even accused minister U T Khader of not taking necessary actions to bring peace in the area and for not helping in speeding up the investigations.
Karthik Raj
Gautham, Gaurav and Kavyashree
Local Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel had participated in a protest in Konaje when he had made inflammable statement of burning DK district if the murderers were not apprehended. State BJP president B S Yeddyurappa too had visited the house of Karthik Raj and termed the murder as politically motivated. Some reports mentioned that terrorists from Kerala were involved in the murder and hence it was difficult to crack the case.
Father of Karthik Raj had called a press meet demanding justice without knowing the accused was his own daughter Kavyashree who conspired to kill his innocent son.
Kavyashree who was married two years back stayed in Dubai briefly and came back to India. She stayed in her father’s house and worked for a local hospital where Gautham, another accused also worked. Police say Gautham carried out the killing for the sake of money with the help of his brother Gaurav. Police are trying to find if Gautham and Kavyashree were mere colleagues or had some relationship. Gautham who had constructed a new house, for which Kavyashree had promised help, had scheduled to inaugurate his house on May 1 and distributed invitations. It is said that Kavyashree had not paid him the promised money even after 6 months of execution of murder.
It is not yet known what type of differences Karthik Raj and Kavyashree had which went to the extent of murder.
Meanwhile police personnel who cracked the case refused to take any reward from private people. They said they are happy with Rs 25,000 offered by the department. It is remembered that a person had offered Rs 1 lac to police if they cracked the case.