Mangaluru: In a major twist to the sensational Karthik Raj murder case, the police has nabbed Karthik’s sister Kavya and her lover Gautham.
It is said that Kavya, whose husband was living abroad had developed an illicit relationship with Gautham. When Karthik discovered about the same, he had condemned his older sister. Raged by Karthik’s attitude, on October 24, when Karthik was out for jogging in the morning, Gautham and his brother Gaurav had attempted to murder Karthik bludgeoning him with an iron rod.
Karthik, a mechanical engineer by profession had battled for life for two days, but had then succumbed to injuries.
When police failed to nab the culprits, the BJP workers had taken up the issue and had staged a stir outside Konaje police station stating that some miscreants had killed Karthik because of his BJP connection. Following this, special teams were formed to probe into the case.
Karthik’s father Umesh Ganiga is the former vice-president of Mangaluru Taluk Panchayat and his death was seen as a political killing.
