Rs 50K to murder a family of three

Man hired four people, including a woman, from Andhra Pradesh to get a relative's family killed

Man hired four people, including a woman, from Andhra Pradesh to get a relative's family killed

The J P Nagar police arrested a gang of six on Sunday minutes before they were about to kill a family. The arrested have been identified as Rajendra Kumar (32), Lingamurthy (27), Ravi (38), Vasanthi (28), A V Saravana Kumar (41) and Ramesh (29). The cops also recovered weapons from their custody.

According to the police, Rajendra Kumar had an old dispute with his relative Shankarchari, a resident of J P Nagar, Phase-VI. He hatched a plan to kill Shankarchari's family, which included his wife Jayalakshmi and his 20-year-old daughter Bhavana.

Rajendra's neighbour called the cops who arrested them and recovered some weapons from their custody

Inspector S K Umesh said, "To get them killed, Rajendra sought his colleague Lingamurthy's help, who hired four people from Palamaner in Andhra Pradesh."

The inspector added, "Rajendra instructed the gang to go to Shankarchari's house when he was not at home. He told them that if his wife opened the door, they were to throwu00a0 chilly powder into her eyes, kill her, and loot all valuables and cash from the house."

The gang reached Shankarchari's house on April 4. While Rajendra stood on watch outside the compound, the remaining members of the gang went inside and knocked the door.

However, instead of opening the door, Jayalakshmi saw them through the window and asked them what they wanted. They replied that Shankarchari has asked them to come home as he'd help them obtain a loan.

However, Jayalakshmi got suspicious and immediately called Swamy, her neighbour. Seeing Swamy they started walking outside the compound. That's when ever Swamy got suspicious and called the cops.

Inspector Umesh said, "Rajendra had offered Rs 50,000 to the gang for the assignment. He wanted to get the family killed and make money from valuables looted from the house."