Mysore(DH): Two siblings have been arrested in connection with the murder of their grandmother here in Hassan on Friday June 6.

The arrested are identified as Supriya (19) and Suman (16). The two sisters along with Keerthi, boyfriend of Supriya killed Mallamma (62) of Mavanuru village, in Alur Taluk, Hassan district. The deceased was the elder sister of their grandmother in Hassan.

Police picked up the duo on suspicion on Thursday as the duo was giving conflicting statements about the murder. Keerthi is still absconding.

Mallamma was smothered to death using a bedspread at her residence around 3pm on May 28. The trio covered her face with bedspread and tightly closed her mouth and nostril and they removed her valuables worth Rs 1.2 lakh. Mallamma’s husband Basavalingappa had gone to Alur shanty when the murder happened.

Alur police said Supriya and Suman were abandoned by their father Chandrashekar following their mother’s death two years ago. The girls then left for Bangalore in search of a job. Supriya, found a job at a garment factory while Suman continued her school education. She was studying in class X.

But the sisters returned to Keerthi’s house in Maddur and spent nearly three months before conspiring to kill their grandmother.

Investigation has revealed the sisters wanted the money to take a house on rent and hence committed the crime.