Gadag murder turns out to be a case of supari killing; police arrest eight, including eldest son of the family

Gadag murder case solved with arrest of eight accused, including son who hired killers for property dispute.

The ghastly murder of four people in Gadag has been solved with the arrest of eight accused, including the eldest son of the family, as the crime turned out to be a case of supari killing with the son hiring killers to eliminate his father, stepmother and brother for the sake of property.

At midnight on Friday last, assailants barged into the house of president of Gadag Betageri CMC Sunanda Bakale and hacked to death four people, including her son Kartik, in their sleep.

Sunanda Bakale and her husband Prakash Bakale escaped as they woke up due to the commotion and raised an alarm.

Addressing presspersons in Gadag on Monday, Inspector-General of Police of Northern Range Vikash Kumar Vikash said that preliminary investigation revealed that the eldest son of the family Vinayak Bakale hired killers to eliminate his father, stepmother and younger brother for property.

Vinayak Bakale was upset that his father had objected to him selling the family property without bringing it to his notice, he said.

Mr. Vikash said that the 31-year-old accused Vinayak Bakale, Fairoz, 29, Jeeshan, 24, and contract killers from Maharashtra Sahil Khaji, 19, Sohail, 19, Sultan Sheikh, 23, Mahesh Salonke, 21, and Wahid Bepari, 21, have been arrested.

Vinayak Bakale is the eldest son of Prakash Bakale from his wife late Rukmini and he had conspired to get his father, stepmother (Sunanda Bakale) and their son (Kartik) killed. For the purpose, he struck a supari deal for ₹65 lakh. He had paid ₹2 lakh out of the promised advance amount of ₹10 lakh.