BANGALORE: The Jayanagar police cracked the murder case of Shankar Pujari, 55, who was the chief manager with the regional office of Oriental Bank of Commerce on M G Road. The murder was reported at Pujari’s residence near Yediyur on September 25. Police sources said that the two accused in the murder, worked at Shanthi Upahara hotel near Pujari’s residence. Pujari daily visited the hotel for breakfast and dinner, as his wife and daughter stayed in Mumbai. “Based on several leads, the duo was taken into custody on Tuesday. Natives of Mysore and Mandya, the duo had gone missing from the day the murder was reported. The duo were known to the victim and it was confirmed on the day the murder came to light, that acquaintances of the victim were behind the murder, as there was no forcible entry into the house. Also, other circumstantial evidences prove their involvement in the murder. Hence, the duo were arrested,” sources said.It is said that one of them was a cook, while the other prepared ‘rotis’ in the hotel. The police are thoroughly questioning them and have not ruled out the chances of involvement of a few others in the murder plot. Though the exact reason for the murder is yet to be ascertained, the police have strongly suspected that it could be a case of murder for monetary gain.It may be recalled that Pujari was gagged and smothered to death at his residence in Yediyur on September 25 earlier this year.
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