Bengaluru: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) Police in Bengaluru are on the lookout for Viju Badiger, the brother-in-law of Shashidhar Ramachandra Mundawadagi, allegedly hired by arrested Kannada tabloid ‘Hai Bangalore’ Editor Ravi Belagere to murder Sunil Heggaravalli, one of his former employees. In his statement to the Police, Mundawadagi said that Belagere had called him in August and asked him to kill Heggaravalli as he had allegedly developed intimacy with Belagere’s second wife. Mundawadagi told the Police that he had told Belagere that he would take care of the planning and Viju Badiger would carry out the execution. Viju is now on the run and the Police have spread a dragnet to arrest him as he is Accused Number 3 in this case. While Belagere has been named as Accused 2, Mundawadagi has been listed as Accused Number 1. Viju Badiger’s arrest is crucial for the CCB Police to establish the crime and build strong evidence against the accused. Belagere’s Police custody ends tomorrow and while his lawyers are preparing to seek bail, the Police are presenting a case for the extension of custody so that the high-profile journalist can be interrogated further.
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