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Stepfather suspected of murdering two schoolgirls in Bengaluru; manhunt underway: report | Bengaluru

In a horrific incident on Saturday afternoon, two schoolgirls were found murdered in their house in Amruthahalli, Bengaluru. The victims were identified as 14-year-old Srushti and 16-year-old Soni, reported the Deccan Herald. They were found in a pool of blood by their mother Anitha, who returned home around 5.30 pm.

The police have launched a manhunt for Mohan, who is missing and is believed to have fled the area. (IMAGE FOR REPRESENTATION)

The discovery was made when she opened the half-open door of her house and found a bloody machete next to her daughters. Neighbours, alerted by Anitha's screams, quickly called the police. Sajeeth VJ, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) for the North Eastern Division, spoke to the publication and confirmed that an FIR has been registered under BNS Section 103 for murder.

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“We have collected samples from the crime scene and recovered the murder weapon. Although the stepfather is the prime suspect, we have not ruled out any other possibilities,” he said, according to the report. Although the stepfather Mohan is the prime suspect, the investigation is keeping all possibilities open.

Mohan, a delivery man for a food delivery service, has been missing since the incident and has switched off his phone. Police suspect that he fled the city and may have taken a train to another state as the family is not originally from Karnataka. Anitha, from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, and Mohan, from Dehradun in Uttarakhand, had been living together in Amruthahalli for two years since Anitha's divorce from her previous husband, the report added.

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Initial investigations suggest that Mohan may have attacked the girls with the machete and fatally blown them to the neck. The murder is said to have taken place around 3:30 p.m. Police questioned local residents and friends but found no evidence of previous family disputes. “The exact reason for the murder will be known only after the suspect is arrested,” said another investigator.

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