Fugitive wanted for murder of infant son arrested after 26 years

Sri Sathya Sai district police solve 26-year-old murder case of a baby, apprehend accused Golla Tippeswamy.

The Sri Sathya Sai district police solved a 26-year-old murder case of a six-month-old baby. The police, on Monday, November 25, apprehended Golla Tippeswamy (55), a farmer, who was accused of murdering his six-month-old son over suspicion of the child’s paternity.

Superintendent of Police V. Ratna commended the Madakasira police for solving the long-pending case.

She said that the investigation began after one Kariamma filed a complaint with the Gudibanda police on October 18, 1998, against her husband Mr. Tippeswamy, alleging that he killed her son and hid the body.

According to the police, Mr. Tippeswamy, a resident of Dinnehatti village in Gudibanda mandal married Kariamma in April 1998, and they had two sons. After the birth of their second son, Siva Lingaiah, on October 2, 1998, Mr. Tippeswamy began suspecting that he was not the biological father of the child.

On the morning of October 2, 1998, during the Dasara festival, Mr. Tippeswamy asked his wife to bring the baby to a local temple, where he forcefully took the boy from his mother and went into a mango orchard where he strangled the infant and hid the body, said the police.

Ms. Kariamma filed a police complaint on October 18, 1998 since when the accused remained at large.

On November 25 this year, Golla Tippeswamy, who had been living under the alias Krishna Gowda, was apprehended when he visited the Dinnehatti village. Madakasira Circle Inspector Raj Kumar and Gudibanda Sub-Inspector Muni Pratap arrested him after his wife, brother, and sister identified him. The accused is scheduled to be presented in court for remand. It is learnt that over the past 26 years, the accused lived near Hassan in Karnataka.