Overview
- Attibele police arrested Prabhakar and his associate Jagadish after questioning in the missing-person case of software engineer Shrinath K.
- Investigators say the accused led them to an abandoned house near Kuppam where the body was exhumed on November 16 with local revenue officials present.
- Police allege Prabhakar killed Shrinath with a hammer after luring him to Kuppam on the pretext of returning money.
- The suspected motive is a financial dispute, with police and family citing a Rs 40 lakh loan while the accused claims he received only Rs 10 lakh and repaid Rs 5 lakh.
- Shrinath, 34, was reported missing on October 27, and his wife’s complaint on November 1 prompted the probe that shifted from disappearance to murder.