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‘He said we were going on a trip’: 11-year-old survivor recounts days with accused after family’s murder in Bengaluru

‘He said we were going on a trip’: 11-year-old survivor recounts days with accused after family’s murder in Bengaluru

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An 11‑year‑old survivor in Bengaluru recounted that the accused told him they were “going on a trip” and described the days he spent with the man after his family was killed. The accused, identified as Indusekar, who also runs a Kannada‑English monthly tabloid, is suspected of having placed the boy’s parents’ bodies in the boot of a car and of viewing the boy as “his next target.” Police commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said Indusekar allegedly confessed during interrogation.

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  • left · 2 outlets

    The accused is suspected to have roamed with the boy’s parents’ bodies in the boot and boy, ‘his next target’, in the car

    — The Hindu

  • center · 3 outlets

    Bengaluru, November 6 (IANS): In a chilling turn in the case involving the alleged murder of seven members of his wife's family by Indushekar, a 10-year-old boy narrowly escaped death after his uncle, who is the murder accused, took him along in a car carrying the bodies of his parents stuffed…

    — The Morung Express

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The accused is suspected to have roamed with the boy’s parents’ bodies in the boot and boy, ‘his next target’, in the car

Coverage arrived over 11 hours — first from The Assam Tribune, latest from Deccan Herald.

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The Hindu Center-Left Kasturi & Sons Ltd. Current article

‘He said we were going on a trip’: 11-year-old survivor recounts days with accused after family’s murder in Bengaluru

The accused is suspected to have roamed with the boy’s parents’ bodies in the boot and boy, ‘his next target’, in the car

The Morung Express Center

7 murders, one miraculous escape: 10-year-old Karnataka boy travels with uncle carrying parents’ bodies in car

Bengaluru, November 6 (IANS): In a chilling turn in the case involving the alleged murder of seven members of his wife's family by Indushekar, a 10-year-old boy narrowly escaped death after his uncle, who is the murder accused, took him along in a car carrying the bodies of his parents stuffed…

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