Bengaluru
oi-Deepika S
Hubballi, Apr 28: A promising Kannada actress and her live-in partner allegedly killed her brother and disposed of the body in a jungle here, for objecting to their relationship, police said.
The young actress was allegedly in a relationship with a small-time realtor, which her brother opposed, the Dharwad Superintendent of Police P Krishnakant said on Tuesday.
‘Rakesh was a major hurdle to her love affair.. Hence he was murdered and the body burnt,’ Krishnakant told reporters.
According to police, a charred and badly mutilated torso packed in a plastic bag was found dumped in the Devaragudihal forest area on April 12.
Subsequently, a case was registered and special teams were formed to nab the culprit.
The teams gathered lots of inputs and finally learnt that Rakesh Katve, a housekeeper in a bar, was missing.
Probe revealed that the victim’s sister Shanaya…
