One of the murder victims. The victim's face was blown off by the impact of the gun shot. We have blurred the image as the injuries are too graphic.
A case of alleged murder of a couple was reported from Vanachal coming under Galibeedu G.P. limits on Wednesday
night. The unfortunate victims were Aiyariananda Ponnappa alias Chimmu aged 58 years and his wife Shanthi. Ponnapa was serving as watcher in the forest department. Passengers of the last bus on the Vanachal – Kadamakal road alerted the Madikeri rural police at 7.30 pm on the sighting of an abandoned motor cycle and two bodies on the way side.
The police arrived half an hour later on the assumption that it was case of a motor vehicle accident, after the initial investigation it was confirmed that the couple had been shot at from close range, the wife ‘s body was found further away and it was apparent that she was shot while she was trying to escape the killers.
Since the District Hospital had no ambulance the police were forced to shift the bodies for post mortem in their own vehicles at around 12 am.
Initial investigations point to a family feud being the cause of this dastardly act. The police have launched a man hunt to nab the killers.