Overview
- Police identified the accused as Manoj Kumar, 32, and his wife Aarati Sharma, 30, arrested over the October 25 Nataraja Layout crash that killed 24-year-old Darshan and injured his friend Varun.
- CCTV footage shows the car taking a U-turn, chasing the scooter and ramming it from behind after the bike had brushed the car’s mirror.
- The matter was reclassified from a JP Nagar Traffic Police hit-and-run to a Puttenahalli Police murder investigation under BNS provisions, including destruction of evidence.
- Additional footage captured the couple returning to the scene wearing masks to collect broken car parts, which police say was an effort to conceal evidence.
- A local court remanded both to 14-day judicial custody as investigators verify Kumar’s claim that he was alone during the ramming and examine the wife’s role.