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Four Arrested for Murder of Karnataka Man Staged as Hit-and-Run Accident
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News18•19-10-2026, 20:00
Four Arrested for Murder of Karnataka Man Staged as Hit-and-Run Accident
- •Four individuals, including the victim's wife Ashwini and her friend Anand Rautappa Kallur, were arrested for the murder of 42-year-old Rajshekhar Biradar in Vijayapura.
- •The incident initially appeared as a hit-and-run traffic accident on October 4, where Ashwini claimed an unidentified vehicle struck her husband during his morning walk.
- •Police investigation revealed that Ashwini and Kallur developed a friendship during house painting work and conspired to eliminate Rajshekhar.
- •The accused allegedly executed the murder by tracking the victim's morning walk route and running him over from behind with an unnumbered black SUV.
- •A minor and another accomplice named Sachin were also among the four people arrested in connection with the staged accident conspiracy.
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The case came to light during the investigation of a road accident case registered on October 4, after police grew suspicious of the initial claims and uncovered a conspiracy hatched by the victim's wife and her friend.
Four people, including the victim's 30-year-old wife Ashwini, her male friend Anand Rautappa Kallur, an accomplice named Sachin, and a minor, were arrested for the murder.
After Ashwini informed her friend Anand of her husband's morning walk route, Anand tracked him and alerted accomplices, who then ran over Rajshekhar from behind using a black SUV without a number plate.