In a chilling case of parricide that has surprised the town, a 33-year-old tech skilled allegedly stabbed his retired Navy officer father and dentist mom to loss of life inside their upscale condo in east Bengaluru on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred round 7.30 am in Vignan Nagar, below the HAL Police Station limits.
The victims have been recognized as Naveen Chandra Bhatt, 60, a retired Navy Captain, and his spouse Dr Shyamala Bhatt, 55, a practising dentist. Police stated the couple was attacked inside their residence following a household dispute.
In response to DCP (Whitefield), the accused, Rohan Chandra Bhatt, allegedly stabbed each his mother and father with the intention of killing them. The couple sustained extreme accidents and have been rushed to Manipal Hospital. Nonetheless, medical doctors declared them lifeless at about 8:15 am.
A homicide case was registered by HAL Police based mostly on a criticism filed by Dr Madhavi Nair of Manipal Hospital, who can also be a resident of the identical condo complicated. The accused was taken into custody shortly after the incident and shall be produced earlier than the jurisdictional court docket.
Police stated the precise motive behind the killings is but to be totally established, although a preliminary enquiry factors to an ongoing household dispute.
The our bodies have been shifted to the Bowring Hospital mortuary. The couple’s daughter, who resides in the USA, is on her approach to Bengaluru. The autopsy examination shall be performed after her arrival.
Investigators are persevering with to query the accused and collect forensic proof from the scene as neighbours wrestle to come back to phrases with the brutality of the crime inside what they described as a quiet residential complicated.
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