Bengaluru: Bengaluru police arrested a 27-year-old man, who killed his mother, father and sister and then mislead police by filing with ‘missing person’ complaint. According to reports, Akshay BJ, filed a complaint weeks ago saying his father, Bheemaraj H, his mother Jayalakshmi and his sister Amrita had gone missing. He stayed in regular touch with police, pressing them to find his family. But what seemed like a straightforward missing person case turned out to be planned brutal murder by the very man who had reported them missing.
A Phone Call That Changed Everything
The case broke open when a police constable randomly dialled Amrita’s number — one of the phones that had been switched off since she went missing. The phone rang. It rang from inside Akshay’s trouser pocket.
“Sir, I gave the ring to his sister’s mobile, and it’s ringing now,” the constable told the officer.
Police thoroughly searched Akshay and discovered three SIM cards on him, belonging to his father, mother and sister.
Officers had already been suspicious. Akshay’s statements kept changing and he contradicted himself multiple times during questioning.
Joint Commissioner of Police-East Ramesh Banoth said, “Tilaknagar police sensed something was off from the beginning. Akshay made contradictory statements and tried to mislead us on several points. We had been dialing the family’s numbers randomly, all switched off. But on January 30, while Akshay stepped out for tea, he switched on his sister’s phone to create the illusion they were in Bengaluru.”
What Had Actually Happened
On January 26, Akshay murdered all three family members at their home in Kotturu, Vijayanagar. He killed his mother first in the afternoon. He killed his sister in the evening. Late that night, he killed his father. He used an axe, slitting their throats. He covered the three bodies with a bedsheet and slept in the same house.
The next morning, he boarded a KSRTC bus to Bengaluru, leaving his own phone at home and carrying his family’s three phones with him.
In Bengaluru, he clicked photographs near Jayadeva Hospital and sent them to his own number — to create the impression that his family had travelled to the city for his father’s medical checkup.
He then returned to Kotturu, dug a 10-foot-deep pit inside the house using a drilling machine and buried all three bodies. He kept the television running at high volume to mask the sound of digging.
On January 29, he came back to Bengaluru, met his uncle Vasanth, and walked into Tilaknagar police station to file the missing person complaint.
The Arrests
Police arrested Akshay and his uncle Vasanth, who allegedly helped him plan the destruction of evidence.
Deputy Commissioner of Police-South East Mohammad Sujeetha said, “We arrested two accused: Akshay and his uncle Vasanth. Though Akshay claimed personal reasons, we are investigating all possible motives.”
Vijayanagar police recovered the three bodies from the pit. The operation was recorded on video. Akshay has been sent to 10-day police custody. His uncle Vasanth has been sent to judicial custody.
