CBI upholds Bengaluru police probe in techie murder case
Gym instructor convicted in the 2010 Payal Surekha case
07/11/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,BENGALURU
Gym instructor convicted in the 2010 Payal Surekha case
07/11/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,BENGALURU
Payal Surekha
Nine years after 29-year-old Dell employee Payal Surekha was murdered, the CBI court on Wednesday upheld the city police’s investigations and convicted gym instructor James Kumar Ray, 36, with a life sentence and a fine of ₹1 lakh.
Payal Sureka was found murdered in her apartment in J.P. Nagar with multiple stab injuries on December 17, 2010.
S.K. Umesh, then Inspector of J.P. Nagar police station, arrested James and recovered a blood-stained knife and a pair of goggles, which the accused had used and later hidden in an isolated place in Puttenahalli before returning to Hyderabad. In the chargesheet, the police stated that revenge was the motive behind the murder and submitted FSL reports to substantiate James’ involvement.
The twist
The case took a twist when Payal’s parents approached the Supreme Court seeking a CBI inquiry into the murder of their daughter as they suspected their son-in-law, Anantha Narayan Mishra. Considering their plea, the Supreme Court directed the CBI to investigate the case in August 2013.
Shivanand Perla, Public Prosecutor for the CBI, said the three strands of hair recovered from the crime scene and blood samples corroborated by the DNA expert belonged to James.
James was a trainer at a gym owned by Payal’s husband, who had terminated his employment due to misappropriation of funds and complaints that he had been harassing women. According to the police, Payal, who received the complaints, informed her husband. “James killed Payal and tried to implicate her husband. He was in Cuttack, Odisha, on a business trip, and Payal was alone at home on that day,” said the police.
Nine years after 29-year-old Dell employee Payal Surekha was murdered, the CBI court on Wednesday upheld the city police’s investigations and convicted gym instructor James Kumar Ray, 36, with a life sentence and a fine of ₹1 lakh.
Payal Sureka was found murdered in her apartment in J.P. Nagar with multiple stab injuries on December 17, 2010.
S.K. Umesh, then Inspector of J.P. Nagar police station, arrested James and recovered a blood-stained knife and a pair of goggles, which the accused had used and later hidden in an isolated place in Puttenahalli before returning to Hyderabad. In the chargesheet, the police stated that revenge was the motive behind the murder and submitted FSL reports to substantiate James’ involvement.
The twist
The case took a twist when Payal’s parents approached the Supreme Court seeking a CBI inquiry into the murder of their daughter as they suspected their son-in-law, Anantha Narayan Mishra. Considering their plea, the Supreme Court directed the CBI to investigate the case in August 2013.
Shivanand Perla, Public Prosecutor for the CBI, said the three strands of hair recovered from the crime scene and blood samples corroborated by the DNA expert belonged to James.
James was a trainer at a gym owned by Payal’s husband, who had terminated his employment due to misappropriation of funds and complaints that he had been harassing women. According to the police, Payal, who received the complaints, informed her husband. “James killed Payal and tried to implicate her husband. He was in Cuttack, Odisha, on a business trip, and Payal was alone at home on that day,” said the police.
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