Overview
- Magadi Road police secured Salem native Moulesh on transit remand and are interrogating him alongside prime accused Balamurugan.
- Bhuvaneshwari, a 39-year-old bank employee, was shot dead on December 23 in Industrial Town, after which her husband surrendered to police.
- Investigators allege Balamurugan traveled to Salem, offered Rs 1.5 lakh to hire Moulesh, and handed over a pistol with instructions to avoid CCTV coverage.
- Police say Moulesh conducted reconnaissance in Bengaluru before returning to Tamil Nadu with the pistol, after which Balamurugan allegedly used a second weapon to carry out the killing.
- The probe now focuses on tracing the illegal firearms, including a claim the weapons were borrowed from Bihar, and on identifying others contacted online, with more arrests expected.