Two weeks before he allegedly went on a killing spree, targeting his wife and six members of her family, Bengaluru cab driver S Indushekhar attended a court hearing in a 2018 dacoity case where he is a prime accused.

Indushekhar, alias Arjun, 52, is accused of using his Toyota Etios car to facilitate the armed robbery of gold in the car parking area for a temple festival in Madanayakanahalli. He is among six people under trial in the June 7, 2018, case, now set for a December hearing.

Indushekhar, who was arrested within days of the dacoity case on the basis of technical evidence like CCTV footage, was released on bail on the basis of a surety given by his wife Sunitha M J, 40, whom he allegedly killed along with her mother Rupavathi, 65, on October 16, 2026.

The Bengaluru Rural trial court granted bail in 2022 to the cab driver by noting the filing of a surety affidavit by “M.J. Sunitha W/o S.…