Chandru murder case: Initial probe reveals language issue not reason for murder

Bengaluru: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Karnataka Police, investigating the Chandru murder case has reportedly not found any evidence that suggests the victim was killed as he was unable to speak in Urdu.

A controversy erupted after state home minister Araga Jnanendra and National General Secretary of BJP C.T. Ravi stated that the youth had been killed as he could not speak in Urdu. However, Araga later retracted his statement and said that the murder was due to road rage.

Kamal Pant, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru, clarified that the murder had taken place due to road rage following the collision of two bikes. Chandru was stabbed in the melee and was shifted to a hospital where he passed away.

However, BJP MLC Ravikumar and others stated that Kamal Pant is “lying” and the murder had taken place because the deceased youth Chandru “could not speak Urdu”.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had handed the case to CID for an impartial probe into the allegations.

A IANS report, quoting sources said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the language was not the reason for the murder.

The CID sleuths have recorded the statement of Chandru’s family, relatives and Simon Raju, who accompanied the deceased when the incident took place.

Raju had earlier stated before the media that Chandru was killed for not speaking Urdu, however he told the investigators that the quarrel started after the accused hit the victim’s bike, which later turned into a fight during which Chandru was stabbed to death.

Raju has told the CID that the issue of language did not even come up.

The police sources explained that all the three accused persons including main accused Shaheed Pasha speak fluent Kannada and investigations also revealed that deceased Chandru had a fair grip on Urdu language. The further investigation is on.

 

With IANS inputs