Murder case involving speech-and-hearing impaired persons cracked with help from sign language interpreters in Mysuru

Mysuru police solve murder case of speech-impaired individuals with crucial help from sign language interpreters, leading to arrests.

In a rare instance, the Mysuru district police cracked the murder of a speech-and-hearing impaired person by arresting two accused persons with the same disability, with crucial assistance from sign language interpreters.

The Nanjangud Rural police initiated an investigation after Savitha from Devaramannahalli Palya lodged a complaint on March 4 that her husband Swamy was missing since February 12.

Swamy, who was in his thirties, as well as Savitha are speech and hearing disabled. During the investigation, police examined their mobile phones. They came across video calls. Police questioned Savitha with the assistance of the sign language interpreters at the Institute for Speech and Hearing in Mysuru.

Based on Savitha’s statement, the police took two persons — Srinivasa, 37, a resident of Hanumanapura village, and Gangadhara, 23, a resident of Amruthur village, both from Kunigal taluk of Tumakuru district — into custody.

As both the suspects are also speech-and-hearing impaired, they were taken to the Institute for Speech and Hearing in Mysuru for questioning with the assistance of sign language interpreters.

During the course of the interrogation, police learnt that Savitha and Swamy had married after falling in love. Later, Savitha came in contact with Srinivasa, who remained in touch with her through video calls. He reportedly developed an interest in Savitha, and even provided financial assistance to her, police said.