The father of a man identified as Rakesh, who allegedly murdered his wife Gauri and stuffed her body into a suitcase, spoke to India Today and shared details about the murder.
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00:00The father has spoken out, the father of the accused here has said that Rakesh has confessed
00:06to this horrific crime.
00:07I have asked Rakesh to confess and in fact to surrender to the police.
00:13The Bengaluru wife killer Rakesh consumed rat kill poison is what the father has said.
00:19It's a tragic turn of events for a young couple in Bengaluru that we are reporting
00:24on where this is the first reaction of killer Rakesh's father.
00:31Father has spoken about it saying Rakesh confessed and attempted suicide.
00:35Father has said I have asked my son to surrender to the police.
00:40Listening to the father here.
01:24I have asked Rakesh to confess and in fact to surrender to the police.
01:44Father has said I have asked Rakesh to confess and in fact to surrender to the police.
02:06Rakesh has said I have asked Rakesh to confess and in fact to surrender to the police.
02:28Rakesh has said I have asked Rakesh to confess and in fact to surrender to the police.
02:51Rakesh has said I have asked Rakesh to confess and in fact to surrender to the police.
03:15You heard there from the father of Rakesh who has spoken about the fact in fact that
03:19Rakesh and Gauri were in fact cousins.
03:23He has also spoken about the fact that he has also had a word with his sister which
03:26is Gauri's mother.
03:29They were first cousins and that they were unhappy in their relationship and that they
03:34were having constant fights.
03:36Rakesh has turned in and confessed to his crime is what he said.
03:40It's a gruesome murder in Bengaluru.
03:41A woman's body has been found in a suitcase.
03:4432-year-old Gauri Anil Sambrekar was allegedly killed by her husband Rakesh.
03:50Police had a couple of frequent arguments between them.
03:53Gauri would physically assault her husband.
03:57Accused Rakesh has been arrested by the cops, Pune police, after he was found in an unconscious
04:02state after consuming rat poison.
04:04He is now being treated at a hospital in Pune.
04:07Bengaluru police is expected to bring him to the city soon.
04:10On Wednesday, the couple had an argument when accused Rakesh stabbed Gauri with a knife
04:15and then slit her throat.
04:17Couples are said to be originally from Maharashtra and worked in private firms.
04:21After allegedly killing Gauri, Rakesh stuffed her body and fled to Maharashtra.
04:25He was nabbed by the Pune police which tracked his phone down.
04:28March 26 is the time when Rakesh got into a fight with his wife Gauri.
04:36Both of them were working in a private company is what we are told.
04:39Just a month back they had moved to Bangalore and on March 26 evening they got into a fight
04:45and the fight escalated.
04:47Gauri also attacked is what we are told with a knife, kitchen knife and then with anger
04:52Rakesh with the same knife killed Gauri and murdered her and packed a body in a bag is
05:00what we are told.
05:01As of now the police have completely locked the house, sealed the house.
05:05What you see is the ground floor house.
05:07The ground floor house received a call from Rakesh when he reached Pune.
05:12Rakesh after murdering his wife fled to Pune and finally called the tenant who is on the
05:17downstairs confessing to the crime and the ground floor house owner finally called the
05:23control room of Bangalore police informing that Rakesh called me and said his wife is
05:28murdered.
05:29Rakesh fled to Pune and also consumed poison there and confessed to Maharashtra police
05:34about this crime.
05:36Rakesh right now is in hospital.
05:37The police have taken out the body from the suitcase.
05:39Rakesh has fled to Pune and the case has been registered.