The police in Bengaluru arrested a 29-year-old housemaid on Sunday for allegedly killing a pet dog inside a lift in an apartment in the city.
The woman has been identified as Pushpalatha, a Tamil Nadu native hired by Rashika K R, an MBA student, to care for her pets. She received a monthly salary of Rs 23,000, along with accommodation in the same apartment.
According to the Bagalur police, Pushpalatha took two pets for a walk on November 1. On her way back, she entered the lift and allegedly killed one of the pets, Goosi, by swinging it against the lift’s wall. She returned to the apartment and began crying, allegedly cooking up a story that the dog had been killed in a road accident.
However, Rashika got suspicious because there were inconsistencies in the housemaid’s version. She thus checked CCTV cameras with the help of the apartment management and found out the truth, the police said.
A police officer said, “During interrogation, Pushpalatha claimed she was frustrated with the pet’s continuous barking. However, police said investigations revealed that she had recently stolen valuables from Rashika’s house and was warned against repeating it.”
The police are investigating the matter further as they suspect that Pushpalatha killed the pet as an act of revenge. They said the CCTV footage showed Pushpalatha brutally throwing the dog inside the lift.
Pushpalatha had been working in Rashika’s house for the past one and a half months.