Bangalore police arrest prime accused in TV news reader’s murder

The Bangalore police raided a house in Shanthinagar in the City in the early hours of yesterday and arrested Chandrashekar alias Chandu, who is the prime accused in the sensational murder of television news reader Lakshmi Sujata.

Police said Chandrashekar had arrived in Bangalore from Tirupathi on Wednesday and was staying in a house in Shanthinagar. Acting on a tip-off, the Bangalore police raided the house around 3 am on Thursday and took Chandrashekar into custody.

“He was not sleeping when we raided the house. He was pacing up and down the room when our personnel peeped through the window”, a police official said.

A team of policemen from Vijayawada arrived in Bangalore yesterday and took away Chandrashekar after completing the formalities, police said.

Chandrashekar, a former colleague of Lakshmi Sujatha, has been charged with murdering the television news reader in a lodge in Vijaywada earlier this month. The Vijaywada police have already arrested his accomplice in the crime Ravi.