A 39-year-old airline crew member, Praveen Arun Chowgule, has admitted to the murder of four members of a family, including a 12-year-old child, in Udupi. The suspect, a colleague of one of the victims, was apprehended from Belagavi district by a special team of police on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the police was granted a 14 days custody of the accused by a first additional court in Udupi.
Udupi superintendent of police Arun K stated during a media briefing that Chowgule, an Air India cabin crew member based at Mangaluru airport, confessed to the crime during interrogation. He said that his intended target was Aynaz, who used to work along with Chowgule, but the other family members were killed as they tried to intervene. Chowgule, originally from Sangli in Maharashtra, had been residing in the area for several years and is married.
