Family of three murdered accuses police of failing to arrest accused

An elderly woman Saroja Bai B. Kambanoor from Shahabad town in Kalaburagi district has said that her two sons, Satish B. Kambanoor, Girish B. Kambanoor, and daughter-in-law Anjali Girish Kambanoor, were murdered at the behest of Vijay Halli and Shankar Allolli and accused the police of failing to arrest the accused in any of the cases despite the three murders within the family.

Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Ms. Saroja Bai, who is the sister-in-law of the former Labour Minister late C. Gurunath, recalling the root cause for the dispute, said that trouble began when her son Girish objected to illegal sand-laden vehicles passing through his agricultural land, leading to a longstanding feud with the accused.

According to her, Satish was murdered in 2020, followed by the killing of Girish in July 2022 near the Shahabad Railway Station. The family suffered a third tragedy last week when Girish’s wife, Anjali, who was working as a Second Division Assistant in the Social Welfare Department in Yadgir, was brutally assaulted by a group of people on November 12.

She died of injuries on November 15. Ms. Saroja Bai said that all three murders were carried out on the directions of Vijay Halli and Shankar Allolli.

Fighting back her tears, Saroja Bai said that the family has been living under constant fear ever since the long-standing feud began.

BJP leader Manikanth Rathod, who accompanied the grieving family, said that the two accused are close associates of Minister Priyank Kharge. He said that political influence is shielding the accused. He demanded that the investigation be handed over to either a Special Investigation Team or the Central Bureau of Investigation for impartial proceedings.