Mysuru: A duo of father and son duo who were absconding after allegedly murdering a woman were arrested by Udayagiri Police from Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu.
The arrested are identified as Girish (29) and his father Shivaraj (57) of KN Pura in Udayagiri. They had gone into hiding at several places in Kerala, Bengaluru and Chamarajanagara before they were traced in Tamil Nadu.
According to police, Bharathi, a neighbour of the accused had thrown the rotten tomatoes from her shop to a dustbin but they missed and accidentally fell on the road, in front of the latter’s house on February 2.
Irked Shivaraj had entered into a spat with her. Later his son Shivaraj also took exception and entered into an argument. In a fit of rage, Girish attacked Bharathi’s daughter Suneeta with a cudgel. When her mother Bharati came to the rescue, he attacked her also.
Suneeta succumbed to the injuries on the spot while Bharati was rushed to a hospital.
Police formed a special team to nab accused. The team led by Inspector P. K. Raju managed to arrest accused and are investigating.