Shivamogga police, on Sunday, arrested a 24-year-old person on charges of murdering a 62-year-old lady over a financial transaction.
Mayura K.K., of Koduru Yalagallu village in Hosanagar taluk allegedly murdered Jayamma of Holalur in Shivamogga taluk.
The Ripponpet police found a dead body, in a decayed state, in a tank near Huncha village in Hosanagar taluk on March 18. The accused had thrown the body after tying it to a fencing rock. The police registered the case and sent the body to McGann Hospital in Shivamogga. Two days later, on March 20, a person from Honnali in Davangere district, came forward to identify the deceased as his aunt Jayamma, 62, of Holalur.
