London, Jan 18,2012: A third man has been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of an Indian-origin couple – Avtar Kolar and his wife Carole – in Birmingham. The police is now questioning the 37-year-old over the murder of 62-year-old Avtar and his 58-year-old wife Carole, whose bodies were discovered on Wednesday by their son Jason Kolar, a serving officer with West Midlands Police.
Earlier, two people were arrested. One man was bailed pending further enquiries, the second man was released without charge, The Sun reports. Post-mortem tests have confirmed that the couple, who had been married for 40 years, died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head and that both had been struck a number of times. The arrests came after two of the couple’s four children made a desperate plea for help to catch their parents’ killers. Police have repeatedly refused to speculate about a motive for the murders, but said detectives are looking into a number of lines of inquiry, including a rise in burglaries and gold thefts in the area.
Earlier, two people were arrested. One man was bailed pending further enquiries, the second man was released without charge, The Sun reports. Post-mortem tests have confirmed that the couple, who had been married for 40 years, died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head and that both had been struck a number of times. The arrests came after two of the couple’s four children made a desperate plea for help to catch their parents’ killers. Police have repeatedly refused to speculate about a motive for the murders, but said detectives are looking into a number of lines of inquiry, including a rise in burglaries and gold thefts in the area.