The Shivamogga police have arrested seven people in connection with the murder of a 57-year-old woman that was reported in Tunga Nagar Police limits on June 18.
The police recovered ₹33.74 lakh of the total ₹35 lakh that the accused took away after murdering Kamalamma, the wife of K.V. Mallikarjun, Executive Engineer of the Water Resources Department. She was murdered by a team of seven people, led by Hanumantha Naik H.R., 22, who had been working as a driver for the family for the last year.
Naik knew about the money being kept at home.