CHITRADURGA, 8 JULY

“When will Renukaswamy come, do you know,” asks Pramila Devi, the 98-year-old grandmother.

Clad in a pink nighty, the voracious reader and the 98-year-old, was very close to her grandson, said Kashinath S Shivanagowdru, Renukaswamy’s father. “He used to keep asking her has Yama Dharmaraja (god of death) forgotten you,” Shivanagowdru said.

“We hid the truth (about Renukaswamy's murder) from her and she was under the impression there was a function at home when she saw a large number of people coming home during the funeral. We do not know who but someone finally told her what had happened and she had a stroke on hearing the news. She is undergoing treatment now,” Renukaswamy’s father said.

“Then she began scouring the Kannada newspapers which she reads every day and found out for herself the bitter truth and death of her grandson’’ he said. “I just told her everything will be alright,” he said. He also informed that she is also losing her memory but she keeps asking for Swamy.

“Swamy used to keep track of her health and he treated her bed sores. Yama Dharmaraja had other plans and took away our Renukaswamy,” said his father. Salar News