<p>Bengaluru: The Bengaluru police on Thursday announced the arrest of a 51-year-old widow for allegedly murdering a transgender, who has been living with her for 20 years. </p><p>Police picked up the suspect, Prema, from Hassan’s Channarayapatna on May 8.</p><p>She has been charged with the murder of 42-year-old Manju Naik alias Manji Naik, according to an FIR filed at the Jeevan Bima Nagar police station. </p>.<p>Police found Naik’s body in a decomposed state at a house in Murugeshpalya, East Bengaluru, on May 3.</p><p>The investigators sent the body for post-mortem and filed an unnatural death report after they found no proof of any <br>foul play. </p>.Home-alone woman murdered for gold chain in Bengaluru.<p>However, the post-mortem report revealed that the death was due to strangulation, prompting the police to take a complaint from Naik’s brother.</p><p>Subsequently, the first FIR was changed, invoking murder charges.</p>.<p>Police learned that the deceased stayed with Prema, and subsequently arrested her. Investigators said that she confessed to strangling Naik on April 26 late at night and fleeing. </p><p>An investigating officer told <em>DH</em> that Prema and Naik have been staying in Murugeshpalya for the last four years and often fought, especially after a couple of drinks. The murder was allegedly committed after one such altercation on April 26. </p>.<p>According to the officer, Prema and Naik stayed together in Nelamangala before moving to Murugeshpalya.</p><p>When they first met, they both worked at a quarry.</p><p>After Prema’s husband passed away, she started living with Naik.</p><p>They moved to Bengaluru after Naik got a job as a helper on a contract basis at Isro. Prema started to work as a house help.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The Bengaluru police on Thursday announced the arrest of a 51-year-old widow for allegedly murdering a transgender, who has been living with her for 20 years. </p><p>Police picked up the suspect, Prema, from Hassan’s Channarayapatna on May 8.</p><p>She has been charged with the murder of 42-year-old Manju Naik alias Manji Naik, according to an FIR filed at the Jeevan Bima Nagar police station. </p>.<p>Police found Naik’s body in a decomposed state at a house in Murugeshpalya, East Bengaluru, on May 3.</p><p>The investigators sent the body for post-mortem and filed an unnatural death report after they found no proof of any <br>foul play. </p>.Home-alone woman murdered for gold chain in Bengaluru.<p>However, the post-mortem report revealed that the death was due to strangulation, prompting the police to take a complaint from Naik’s brother.</p><p>Subsequently, the first FIR was changed, invoking murder charges.</p>.<p>Police learned that the deceased stayed with Prema, and subsequently arrested her. Investigators said that she confessed to strangling Naik on April 26 late at night and fleeing. </p><p>An investigating officer told <em>DH</em> that Prema and Naik have been staying in Murugeshpalya for the last four years and often fought, especially after a couple of drinks. The murder was allegedly committed after one such altercation on April 26. </p>.<p>According to the officer, Prema and Naik stayed together in Nelamangala before moving to Murugeshpalya.</p><p>When they first met, they both worked at a quarry.</p><p>After Prema’s husband passed away, she started living with Naik.</p><p>They moved to Bengaluru after Naik got a job as a helper on a contract basis at Isro. Prema started to work as a house help.</p>