In a shocking turn of events, Pallavi, wife of Karnataka's former DGP Om Prakash, is said to have confessed to committing his murder.
According to sources in the police, Pallavi admitted over the phone, “I was the one who committed the murder.” She and the couple's daughter, Kriti, were taken into custody by the police, but the son, Karthikesh, was not at home at the time of the incident. Karthikesh, according to the FIR, returned to find his father lying in a pool of blood on the ground floor of the house.
How the murder was committed?
Police probing the case said that Pallavi threw chilli powder on his face before stabbing him to death. “After a heated exchange of words, Pallavi threw chili powder on Prakash's face,” a source in the police department claimed. As the ex-top cop attempted to rid himself of the burning, Pallavi reportedly stabbed him several times with a knife, the source said.
She then made a video call to her friend and reportedly said, “I have killed the monster.”
Why the murder was committed?
Karthikesh said both his mother and sister were suffering from depression and frequently fought with his father. “I strongly suspect that they are involved in the murder of my father,” Karthikesh said in the FIR and requested legal action.
The murder followed ongoing disputes between the couple, including a property row over land in Dandeli, Karnataka. A few months earlier, Pallavi reportedly approached HSR Layout police to file a complaint about the land, the news agency reported, though details of the complaint remain unclear.
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