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How a Rs 50 lakh FD and uncle’s ‘instigation’ led to triple murder in Karnataka’s Kottur

The Kottur police said the accused killed his parents and sister on January 26 and buried their bodies inside their house. He later travelled to Bengaluru, and filed a missing persons complaint.

2 min readBengaluruFeb 2, 2026 01:59 PM IST

According to the Kottur police, Akshay B J killed his parents, Bhimaraj H, 52, his mother, Jayalakshmi J, alias Jayamma, 50, and his sister, Amrutha, 18. (Express Photo)

The police in Kottur town of Karnataka’s Vijayanagar district said Monday their investigations into the triple murder, in which a 27-year-old man was arrested for killing his parents and sister, have revealed that he committed the crime to gain access to his father’s fixed deposit (FD) money.

According to the Kottur police, Akshay B J killed his parents, Bhimaraj H, 52, his mother, Jayalakshmi J, alias Jayamma, 50, and his sister, Amrutha, 18, on January 27, and buried their bodies inside the house. Later, he travelled to Bengaluru, which is 300 km away, and filed a missing persons complaint.

Last Saturday, the police exhumed the bodies and arrested Akshay. “Initially, he fabricated a story that his sister was pregnant, and that is why he killed his sister for honour, but as investigations continued, it became clear that he did it for the money,” a police officer said.

During the course of the investigation, the police also arrested Vasanth Kumar, 53, the uncle of Akshay, who allegedly instigated him to kill his parents and sister.

“Akshay’s father owned a duplex house in Harapanahalli, and he sold it recently. He got about Rs 1.2 crore. Akshay started demanding money for his business, but as he was careless and addicted to alcohol, his parents did not give it to him. About Rs 50 lakh was in a Fixed Deposit (FD) in Amrutha’s name for her education, and the rest of the money was with Bhimraj,” the officer said.

The police said there were frequent fights within the family as Akshay demanded money from his father, and as he didn’t give in to Akshay’s demands, he decided to kill his parents and sister. They said even after he was arrested, he tried to mislead them by saying that her sister was pregnant, and he wanted to abort the child, which his parents refused to do.

However, the medical reports suggested that Amrutha was not pregnant, the police officer added.

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The Kottur police have filed a case and taken Akshay and Vasanth into custody for further investigation.

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