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Six to Face Murder Charges in Staged Suicide of Ex-Panchayat Member

Forensic anomalies highlighted a coordinated plot triggering police to prepare formal murder charges

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Bengaluru

Overview

  • Bengaluru South police have detained Chandrakala, her alleged lover Yogesh and four accomplices and expect to formally charge them with murder and conspiracy
  • Autopsies at both government and private hospitals revealed an unusual concentration of poison in the chest, indicating forced ingestion rather than suicide
  • Investigators identified a missing poison bottle cap and lone slipper as critical forensic clues that led them to reclassify the death as a homicide
  • Call detail records placed Yogesh at the Kanva dam site and network data linked Santosh, Shivaling, Surya and Chandan to the conspiracy
  • Authorities are finalizing their charge sheet and will advance the case to trial after completing digital and forensic evidence reviews