Archive · 30 Jul 2025
Casual Chat Leads to Arrest in 1.5 Year Old Karnataka Murder Case
A man was killed by his wife and her boyfriend because he made her have an abortion.
The police looked for them for a year and a half.
A police officer talked to a cab driver at a tea stall, and the cab driver knew the wife and boyfriend from when he worked in another city.
The police went to the other city and found them, arrested them, and now they are in jail.
A Karnataka man was murdered, and his wife and her paramour were arrested 1.5 years later.
The wife and paramour, along with a friend, are accused of killing the husband in January 2024.
The wife and paramour were found in Kerala after a police officer's conversation led to a cab driver who knew them.
The motive was the wife's anger over a forced abortion.
All three suspects have been arrested and sent to judicial custody.
- Who
- Ningappa was murdered by his wife, Lakshmi, her paramour Tippesh Naik, and his friend Santosh.
- What
- A man was murdered and the suspects were arrested.
- When
- The murder occurred in January 2024; the arrests were announced recently, about 18 months later.
- Where
- The murder happened in Channagiri, Karnataka. The suspects were arrested in Kerala.
- Why
- Lakshmi was upset because Ningappa forced her to have an abortion.
- Victim
- Ningappa
- Accused 1
- Lakshmi (wife)
- Accused 2
- Tippesh Naik (paramour)
- Accused 3
- Santosh
- Location of Murder
- Bhadra Canal near Basavapura village
- Motive
- Wife's anger over forced abortion