bangalore a supari payout an illicit affair love angle 40 smses 25 calls a new arrest the postdiwali triple murder case gets more than a twist despite a lastminute confession by lokesh the prime accused the police are now probing the supari angle to the murders of rahul das his wife pushpalatha and daughter agneesha in ramamurthynagar on october 20the police had arrested lokesh murali and bhaskar alias raja in connection with the murder and had remanded them to judicial custodythe police have now arrested ramesh a real estate dealer and rahul dass business partner after lokesh alleged that ramesh had given him rs 3 lakh to eliminate rahul lokeshs confession came an hour before he was produced before the magistrate and sent to judicial custodylove supari according to lokesh ramesh had an illicit relationship with pushpalatha and das who got wind of the relationship shifted his office from banaswadi to his house in jayanthi grama as this came in the way of their relationship ramesh decided to eliminate das lokesh also claimed that ramesh had given him rs 3000 as advance to carry out the murderlokesh told the police that ramesh wanted to eliminate only das so that he could continue his relationship with pushpalatha after two or three failed attempts ramesh had given him an ultimatum however when das called pushpalatha over phone and told her about lokeshs arrival he decided to kill her and their daughter also so that no evidence was left behindearlier between 2001 and 2003 das was rameshs tenant at banjara layout ramesh a real estate dealer had shown das the site where he had built the house they vacated rameshs house after building the new one even after that ramesh and das had a business partnership and partied togetherramesh is married and his family lives in banaswadi in banjara layout he has four houses which he has rented out investigating officers said that when the das couple stayed at banjara layout ramesh used to come to their house whenever das went out on business tours besides pushpalatha had been asked to collect the rent of the other houses also the police officer saidramesh was a suspect in the case in the early stages too however his role was eliminated after lokesh emerged as the stronger suspectsuggested box loose ends in the twistdespite this convincing tale some are still some loose ends the police claim that ramesh had also confessed to have paid a supari for killing dasbut ever since his arrest lokesh has given different versions of the murder sequence and the reasons at one point of time he had claimed that he himself had an affair with pushpalatha however rameshs name had figured at the last minute while he was being taken to the magistrateeven if ramesh had had an affair with pushpalatha and wanted to kill das lokesh was aware of the fact when das called up pushpalatha and announced the arrival of lokesh ideally he should have postponed the murder