Overview

• Police recovered 19 dismembered body parts along a road near Kolala village and identified them as 42-year-old Lakshmi Devi after recovering her severed head.
• A special investigation team traced evidence to an arecanut farm where Dr. Ramachandrappa S. and two associates allegedly chopped the body to eliminate proof of the crime.
• On August 11, Koratagere police arrested the victim’s son-in-law—a local dentist—and his accomplices Satish K. N. and Kiran K. S. following their confessions.
• Investigators say the son-in-law’s suspicion about Lakshmi Devi’s character, which he claimed embarrassed him, motivated the killing.
• Authorities are finalizing forensic analyses and assembling case files as they prepare to file a formal charge sheet.