MANGALURU: Mangaluru City Police have taken a three-year-old murder case to its logical end with the arrest of the accused from
Haryana on March 8. Personnel from
Mangaluru East police station led by Police Inspector Maruti G Naik and staff based on a clue about the presence of the accused in the case registered in
Mangaluru East PS on March 13, 2015 went to Brahmasarovar in
Kurukshetra of Haryana and nabbed the accused Rothas with help from local police.
City police chief T R Suresh said police recovered body of Ashok Kumar, 53 driver of goods lorry in the cabin of the vehicle bearing Haryana state registration belonging to Himalaya Roadlines at Nanthoor Padavu on December 16, 2014. The body was in a decomposed state, Suresh said adding an unnatural death report case was initially registered in Mangaluru East PS on December 20. Subsequent investigation and forensic reports suggested Ashok was murdered.
Police on March 13, 2015 registered a case of murder based on new evidence and eyewitness accounts and were on the lookout for Rothas, the co-driver in this connection. Rothas had wrapped up the dead body in a bed sheet and left in the cabin of the vehicle before fleeing the scene. Police had failed to nab Rothas till March 8 when a tip off led them to Haryana. Rothas who was produced before 2nd JMFC court, has been remanded in to police custody to aid investigation.
