BANGALORE
Shobha, her lover Praveen and two others were arrested in connection with the muder of Samuel.
Greed and a desire for younger men forced Shubha, 37, to kill her paramour Samuel, who had earlier helped her to eliminate her husband, police said on Tuesday.
Shubha, a mother of two, is once again in police custody, along with her latest love interest Praveen, and his friends KGF Rajan, Charles and Logendra Prasad, all aged 23, and residents of KGF in Kolar.
The woman and Samuel, 29, were arrested in July this year in connection with the 2007 murder of her husband, Gopal, a financier. They were released on bail recently.
New Byappanahalli resident Shubha had married Gopal after a brief courtship, police said.
After coming out on bail, differences cropped up between the two. Shubha reportedly went back on her promise of selling a property and giving half the proceeds to Samuel, in return for his help to eliminate Gopal.
Meanwhile, Shobha developed a liking towards Praveen. She hatched a plan to murder Samuel, an artist, with her new lover’s help, and advanced Rs27,000 to Praveen from the promised Rs5 lakh for eliminating her former paramour and co-accused in the previous murder case, police said.
Praveen took the help of Rajan, Charles and Logendra Prasad 23, and slit Samuel’s throat while he was alone at his house in Michael Palya on September 12. His mother and sister had gone to a church, when the men committed the crime.
The men fled Bangalore after the crime and were hiding at Vellore in Tamil Nadu. They were arrested from their hideout on Monday.
Investigators initially suspected that Gopal’s relatives might have killed Samuel in retaliation. Shobha tried to mislead the probe, but on further investigation, started singing.
Gopal was murdered on November 4, 2007 at his house in New Byappanahalli. The accused took his body to Belakawadi near Mandya and burnt it to destroy evidence.
Shobha later lodged a complaint with the police saying her husband had been missing. Police cracked the Gopal murder case while questioning Samuel in connection with a petty case.
Besides the lovers, two others, Saravana and Rajshekhar, were also arrested, and the car they had used to ferry Gopal’s body to Belakawadi was seized.
Police said Shobha started her relationship with Praveen after she had come out of the prison on bail.
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