Belagavi police arrested seven individuals, including a mother, on Monday for conspiring to murder her son to clear the way for her illicit affair. The victim, Vijay Narayan, was found dead near a National Highway on November 1. Police Commissioner Prakash Nikkam stated the case was solved by tracing mobile records and identifying ligature marks on the body. The accused, including the mother Meena Narayan and her lover Rakesh Jamuni, have been produced in judicial custody.
Meena, a beauty parlour manager, allegedly plotted the killing after Vijay objected to her relationship with Rakesh. She lured him to Belagavi, where the group administered sleeping pills in a cold drink on Republic Day. Once unconscious, Rakesh strangled Vijay with a shawl, assisted by five accomplices. The body was discarded near KLE Hospital, and police registered a murder case after discovering the ligature marks.
