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THE ACCUSED: Chand Pasha (left) and Shabbir Pasha, who have been arrested on the charge of murdering a man and a woman at New Thippasandra, Bangalore, at the city Police Commissioner's office on Thursday. — Photo: K. Gopinathan
BANGALORE: The Jeevanbimanagar police have arrested two persons in connection with the double murder of a deputy general manager (DGM) of a leading information technology firm and a woman who, according to the police, was a call girl. The police said Vijay Prakash (47), DGM of L&T Infotech here, and Nithu (30) of Mumbai were strangled at Prakash's house in New Thippasandra on April 19. Their bodies were set on fire at a eucalyptus grove on Kolar Road in Hoskote police station limits in Bangalore Rural district. The names of those arrested were given as Shabbir Pasha (27) of Airport Road and Chand Pasha (28) of Mulbagal in Kolar district. Prakash, a native of Pune and son of a former IAS officer, had worked for a software major in the U.S. for nearly 15 years. He came to Bangalore in May 2004 and joined L&T Infotech. He had divorced his wife, a doctor based in the U.S. The Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), M.C. Narayana Gowda, told presspersons that after coming to Bangalore, Prakash, an alcoholic, befriended Shabbir Pasha, who owned a business in New Thippasandra. In November 2004, Prakash's relatives got him admitted to an alcohol de-addiction centre on Bannerghatta Road and he was on leave. As Prakash was not seen for long, one of his relatives lodged a complaint with the Jeevanbimanagar police on May 1. A few days later, Prakash's estranged wife in the U.S. received a credit card statement that showed that he had purchased gold jewellery worth $ 1,000 from a shop in Hubli on April 23. She informed Prakash's relatives in Pune. The Jeevanbimanagar police questioned Shabbir as he was close to Prakash. Shabbir told the police that Prakash had left his house on April 19 and he had not seen him since then. But he told the police he had Prakash's credit cards with him. On further questioning, Shabbir said that on April 19 he had brought Nithu from a lodge in New Tharagupet to Prakash's house. While playing cards that night, he had a quarrel with Prakash and allegedly strangled him. As Nithu was a witness to the murder, Shabbir allegedly killed her, Mr. Gowda said. He left the two bodies at the house, went to Mulbagal and brought his friend, Chand Pasha, according to the police. On May 20, they allegedly put the bodies in two gunny bags and took them in Prakash's car to a eucalyptus grove on Kolar Road and set them on fire, Mr. Gowda said. An accomplice of Shabbir, Praveen, who had helped him to buy gold ornaments at Hubli, is at large. The arrests were made by a team led by the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Ulsoor), U.P. Shivarama Reddy.
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