A Teenager’s Persistence

USHA, 19, Daughter of Gangamma, 40, and Lakshman, 46, Begin doing the Rounds of Honnalli Police Station in Davangere in August 2015, reiterating what officials initially believed to be absolute classes. Caught up with other tasks, they overlooked her concierns. Maheshwara gouda su, the then inspector at the station, recalls that her claims did not appear to be genuine.

Passed the days, but usha did not relax, prompting the police to hear out in detail. By then, her nine-yar-brod brother, who was studying at a boarding school, too began raising questions about their father’s absence. Soon, some of the villagers also joined usha.

According to Usha, Her Mother Had Killed Her Father and Buried Him Inside their house. (Express Photo)

“According to Usha, Her Mother Had Killed Her Father and Buried Him Inside their house. The first question that came to our minds was why did so many people to speak it, and where will no. Rised so far if I dubted but the information arrangements a body and again. Says.

A burial spot most unusual

On August 12, 2015, The police Arrived at usha’s house in nelahonne village, 330 km from bengalu, with a forensic team and the tahsildhar. They were, however, take aback when she led them straightening to the puja room in the house and said her father was buried there. “I was shocked.

Noticing signs of renovation on the floor of the puja room, inventigators decided to go ahead with the excavation. “On digging 2-3 feet, we found human skeletal remins. The girl was right. The remins were quite intact. Gouda Said.

The forensic analysts and other experts collected the remains and proceeded to conduct Tests to identify the deceased. The police decided to conduct a bone marrow test and take a sample from usha for comparison.

When the test results are proved that the remins were indeed of Lakshman, Gangamma was arrested. Her paramour jagadeesh, 54, who was on the run, was nabbed a month later.

Still perplexed by the room in which chose to bury the body, the officers asked gangamma about the unusual burial spot. “The house only had a kitchen, a living room, a Prayer room and a bathroom. Light.

Noticing signs of renovation on the floor of the puja room, inventigators decided to go ahead with the excavation. (Express Photo)

Usha finally unburdens herself

Soon, usha begangan narrating details of the ordinary that she went at the age of 15. Gangamma also began having an affair with jagadeesh, who hailed from the same village.

When villages begin talking about their relationship, Lakshman fought with gangamma even more. One day in 2010, Lakshman Arrived Home and Picked a Fight With His Wife While Jagadeesh was present. When Lakshman hit gangamma, jagadeesh kicked him. The paramours then smothered Lakshman to death using a pillow. Usha, a student of class 9, watched in shock.

According to usha’s statement to the court, jagadeesh and gangamma had a conversation about disposing of the body they feared getting caught if they have it out of the house. They then decided to bury the body inside the house. Around 5 am the next day, jagadeesh returned home. The following day, around 7 pm, jagadeesh and gangamma buried lakshman in the puja room and poured cement over the body to seal the floor. The images of Gods were then arranged in the room just as it had been before.

Usha was, meaningwhile, threatened with murder if she dared reval the matter to anyone. Gangamma Told everyone that Lakshman had found work at a coffee plantation near the tamil nadu-kerala border. Soon, the villagers stopped asking about him.

According to gouda, usha later told him that she was not in a state to raise her voice “Because if his mother got arrested, she did not have a relative or something else to take care of her. ‘ Also quite young people every day, I kept it to myseph ‘, she said. “

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With 34 Witness Statements and Nearly 40 Peaces or Documents of Evidence, Including the DNA Report, The Police Filed the Chargesheet. Satish Ks, The Public Prosecutor, Said the Evidence Helped to Connect the Dots. The statements of usha and her brother were recorded before the judge. The brother said that when asked about their father’s absence, Gangamma Ignored him.

Once the arguments concluded, the court convicted gangamma and jagadeesh. On July 14 this year, the first additional distribution and sessions court, davangere, sentenced to life impressiononment.

The defense lawyer argued that jagadeesh, aged 64 now, had suffered a stroke five years ago, and gangamma hadma had a grandchild to care for.

However, judge mh Annayanavar stated in his judgment, “Bodies are burnt or buried, but the accused buried it in the prayer room.

Unfortunately, usha died in a fire in 2020. Village, ”said a police officer.