Plumber regularly carried out repairs at victim's house

Bangalore, April 22, 2013, DHNS:

Ramachandra, the absconding plumber whose brutal assault on three elderly sisters resulted in the death of one, was known to the family as he has been doing all minor repair and plumbing work at their house in Jayanagar 4th T Block for the last many years, according to Rekha, the youngest daugther of deceased Chandra Narasimhan.

He had been engaged to carry out minor repairs of the sump, drain, etc, at the 50-year-old house and was at the job since the last 10 days. Having arrived for work as usual on Monday morning, Ramachandra attacked the sisters soon after Dr Chitra, Chandras daughter, left home for work.

Narasimhamurthy, who has been running a provision store opposite the house and is a family friend of the Narasimhans, said Ramachandras elder brother Janakiram, who lived a few blocks away, used to carry out repairs earlier at the sisters house and was known to him.

Ramachandra was working under his brother. However, they separated a couple of years ago following differences between them. Ramachandra, a habitual drinker, replaced Janakiram, who ventured into real estate, at the Narasimhans house.

He said after the incident came to light, he called up Janakiram who was shocked to learn about his brothers brutal act and volunteered to take the police to Ramachandras house in Parappana Agrahara. The police team, however, did not find Ramachandra at home, as he is at large.

Presence of mind

The sharp presence of mind and resilience shown by Munilakshmamma, 88, a retired doctor and spinster, the eldest of the three sisters, has left police deeply impressed.

According to a senior police officer, as soon as he entered their house, the elderly woman called him and wrote Ramachandras name and mobile phone number on a piece of paper.She then asked the officer to track down the offender.

She also told police that Ramachandra had tried to strangle her on the first floor in front of her room. However, she resisted the assault and screamed for help. Minutes later, she fell unconscious, but recovered after sometime. She then rescued her sister, Sharada, who was locked in a room on the first floor. Ramachandra had also tried to strangle her but panicked when she screamed and instead locked her up.

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Plumber regularly carried out repairs at victim's house