
“The case was challenging but our officers have done a commendable job,” said SP Abhinav Khare. The team led by DSP Amte Vikram, inspector D Ashok, Jayapura SI S Gangadhara and staff will be rewarded for their efforts.
Police identified the victim as, Kruthika Devi, 20, a BCom student, only after the arrest of Pramod Kumar.
Pramod and Kruthik became friends through a common friend over telephone, two months ago. As both were from Kollegal, they became phone friends and spoke for several weeks till their first meeting. Later, their friendship turned into love but Pramod, who is from an affluent family, was already engaged to be married.Jayapura police said Kruthika began pestering Pramod, a small-time financier, to marry her, which forced him to take this drastic step to ‘save’ his family name. Pramod, who lived in Mysuru, brought her to city four days before the murder, and housed her in a city lodge. He tried to convince her but when she stood her ground, he decided to eliminate her. He took her to the secluded place where he usually partied with friends, and killed her.
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