The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Chitralekha's mother becomes emotional

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Chitralekha's mother becomes emotional

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Sharada Urs, wife of the former High Court judge the late M.P. Chandrakanth Raje Urs, on Friday broke down a couple of times while describing her plight after her daughter Chitralekha Urs went missing. Chitralekha Urs was found dead two months later. Ms. Urs (74) was deposing before a fast-track sessions court, which is hearing the case.

Ms. Urs could not control herself while relating how she came to hear the news of her daughter's death on March 9, 2004. "The then Police Commissioner S. Mariswamy called me and informed that a body had been traced in Shiradi Ghats (near Hassan)," Ms. Urs said tearfully.

She said, "I sent my son-in-law Ashok Mandanna to identify the body and bring it back home."

Ms. Urs said since her husband's death she was staying with Chitralekha . Chitralekha was in regular contact with her and never used to switch off her phones. "Not being in contact for a long time caused a lot concern," she said.

Judge Savitri Vinayaka ordered to keep T. Madhu Kumar, another accused, in the Bangalore Central Prison till the end of the trial. The judge turned down the accused plea to place him in any other prison, .

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