Who Is 'Joker Felix', The Ex

The Bengaluru Police have arrested three people for the murder of a tech company CEO and his employee on Tuesday.

The accused have been identified as Shabarish (Joker Felix), Vinay Reddy, and Shivu.

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According to the police, Shabarish is the prime accused in the case and he had a grudge against Vinu Kumar, the CEO of Aeronics Media Private Company, who he hacked to death along with MD Phanindra Subramanya.

Police said the main Shabarish is said to be a former employee of Aironics, who had quit to form his own company, which is said to be a rival business. 

The motive behind the murders is business rivalry, as Shabarish had started a venture that directly competed against his former employer and had poached employees and clients.

Following the shocking murder, Shabarish's social media avatar has come to the spotlight.

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Shabarish, who goes by the name 'Joker Felix', is said to be a star on TikTok, where he has over 16,000 followers.

His Instagram account, joker_felix_rapper, in which he identifies himself as a fashion model and "Kannada rapper", has 16.5k followers. 

He also has a YouTube channel called JF Media, with over 8.9k subscribers, where he posts Kannada rap songs.

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Hours before he committed the gruesome murder, Felix had posted a cryptic message on Instagram reading, "This planet peoples always flatters and cheaters. So I hurt this planet peoples. I hurt only bad peoples. I never hurt any good people."

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On Tuesday evening, the trio stormed into the office of Aeronics Media in Amrutalli locality armed with daggers and attacked Subramanya in the presence of employees. As Kumar rushed to his rescue, he too was assaulted with the sharp weapons, according to police.

After they fled the spot, the employees rushed the injured to the hospital, where the victims succumbed to their injuries.

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After the murder, Shabarish posted the news as a status update on Instagram.

The trio who fled the scene after committing the murder was arrested near Kunigal town in Tumakuru district, the police said.

The accused told the police that Phanindra always humiliated Felix and sacked him from the job.

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