Ramesh Naik, a former manager at Punjab National Bank, was convicted of killing his children by drowning them in a pond near Panaje in Puttur taluk, Dakshina Kannada district.
The High Court of Karnataka has confirmed the death penalty given by a lower court to a former bank manager for murdering his two children, mother-in-law and sister-in-law.
Ramesh Naik, a former manager at Punjab National Bank, was convicted of killing his children by drowning them in a pond near Panaje in Puttur taluk, Dakshina Kannada district. Prior to that, Naik killed his mother-in-law Saraswathi and sister-in-law Savitha with whom he had an affair. Naik had helped Savitha get a job in Bengaluru. She allegedly became close to one of her colleagues. Naik disapproved of the purported liaison and killed Savitha as well as her mother in Tumakuru. He later went to his hometown and killed his children.
Public prosecutor Vijaykumar Majage told the court that Naik had no remorse for the murders. A division bench of Justices Ravi Malimath and John Michael Cunha confirmed the death sentence on Friday.