70 year old NRI killed in Bangalore

The mystery surrounding the murder of a 70-year-old NRI in Bangalore, has been solved. City police have arrested a 31-year-old man in Chennai for the murder of the NRI.

The deceased, Ali Mohammed Khan, who had retired as a project manager from Saudi Arabia air force a couple of years ago, was in Bangalore for the last three months before his body was recovered from a car in Garvebavipalya here on June 23.

Though the police initially suspected it to be the handiwork of real estate mafia as Khan was planning to buy a residential site in Banaglore, investigations by a special team of City police revealed that he had been murdered by Amanulla.

The accused was angry with the elderly man for his alleged deceitful behaviour with his (Amanulla’s) polio-hit wife Prema.

Police said Khan was attracted towards Prema. He used to meet the couple often during evening walks. While Amanulla, also known as Agneeshwar, was a post graduate in Tamil literature and was hunting for a job in Bangalore, Prema was employed with a software firm. Khan had introduced himself as an NRI doctor from UK and offered to cure Prema’s ailment free of cost.

When the couple expressed their readiness, Khan examined Prema in his car on June 19. Though Khan had allegedly molested Prema, she did not lodge a police complaint, hoping he would cure her. But, she kept her husband informed about his behaviour.

The next day, after Prema left for office, Amanulla met Khan and invited him to his house in Garvebavipalya on the pretext of treating his wife. After reaching the house in Khan’s car, Amanulla questioned the elderly NRI about his medical qualifications, which led to a heated altercation.

Eventually, Khan reportedly whipped out a kitchen knife and tried to assault Amanulla. But, the 31-year-old Amanulla overpowered the elderly man and strangled him to death. He later put the body back into the car, drove it to a distance and abandoned it. Amanulla later fled to Chennai. The police traced the calls made to Khan’s mobile and arrested Amanulla in Chennai.