Absconding accused in parents' murder arrested from Madikeri

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Three days after the heartwrenching murder of an elderly couple came to light in the city, the police located the absconding accused son in Madikeri on Friday and nabbed him.

Sources from the police told News Trail that they were alerted about the accused, Sharath Suvarna, 27, by their counterparts in the hill town. A few locals saw a suspicious person wandering in a Kodagu forest and reported the matter to the rural police over 112 helpline.

The accused was reported to have been trying to set up a camp in the forest despite leech bites. As the police took him in for an inquiry, it was found that the man was mentally unstable. The cops took him to a hospital where he revealed his name as Sharath, resident of Kodigehalli in Bengaluru.

He also revealed the names of his parents as Bhaskar Udyawar and Shantamma. The information was sent to the Kodigehalli Police Station following which he was taken into custody.

Sharath, younger son of Bhaskar Udyawar, 61, and Shantamma, 60, was on the run after allegedly killing his parents on Monday night using a blunt weapon. It was revealed that he had psychological issues and would often pick fights with his parents after drinking and would also assault them.

The police have retrieved CCTV footage showing Sharath wandering nearly 40 kms in Bengaluru before boarding a bus to Dakshina Kannada, sources said.