– Our dear Rahavy was brutally taken from us on Monday 1 January 2024. She was strong, caring and fun-loving – she was whole. This is how the survivors describe Rahavy Varatharajan. It is the family themselves who come forward with the identity through legal aid Pirashanty Sivabalachandran. On the night of Tuesday, the 30-year-old was found shot and killed in a car near the hospital in Elverum. In the same car, a man in his 30s was found badly injured by gunshot wounds. He is accused of having killed the woman. He later died in hospital from his injuries. Both the murdered and the deceased man had residential addresses in Oslo. – The family’s only bright spot is whether her death can prevent something like this from happening again, says the press release from the public assistance lawyer. – Words become poor Rahavy completed his dental studies in Oslo, and was very happy in his job, according to his family. The survivors say that she described her workplace as the best place she could have worked. – She was the heart of our family, and words fall short when we are asked how we feel after the murder. She is survived by her parents, two sisters, a brother-in-law and two nieces, in addition to other relatives, friends and colleagues, it says. “They greatly appreciate the assistance of the press in shining a spotlight on the various elements of the system that contributed to the murder of Rahavy – which was their great fear throughout the last year. The family’s only bright spot is whether her death can prevent something like this from happening again,” writes the legal aid lawyer in a press release. Photo: private – She constantly reiterated her gratitude over the past year for the massive support she received from everyone around her, which enabled her to stand tall in the storm that raged around her. The funeral is most likely on Monday, but the place and time have not yet been determined. Breached the restraining order: – The fear grew stronger and stronger According to the police, the murdered woman and the deceased man should have had a short-term relationship about a year ago. In April last year, the man was banned from visiting the woman. – They probably did not foresee this outcome this spring, but as the case escalated, both she and the family have said that they were afraid for her life, says legal aid lawyer Pirashanty Sivabalachandran to news. The man’s ban was originally supposed to apply for six months. Later it was extended to apply for a further year. Thus, the 32-year-old man had a restraining order against the woman until the end of October 2024. The woman was found dead in a car near the hospital in Elverum. The accused man was also found in the car, badly injured by gunshot wounds. Photo: Roar Berntsen / news But the man broke the ban a number of times. – She and her family were afraid that something would happen for a long time. That is why they asked for, for example, violence alarms. The fear became stronger and stronger the more his actions escalated, says the public prosecutor – who has previously described the incident as a premeditated murder. A total of ten cases have been opened against the man for breaching the restraining order against Rahavy, Oslo Police District informs. Nine of the cases concerned the period from the beginning of May to the beginning of August. In addition, he is said to have broken the ban a further time in December. Breached the restraining order a number of times The police wanted to keep the man imprisoned, but the court said no. When the woman wanted a violence alarm, it was the police who said no. Here is the overview of all the times the woman asked for help before she was killed on Monday 1 January. The Oslo police impose a restraining order on a man until 27 October after a woman submitted a report of reckless behaviour. The two are in their 30s and should have “dated” a bit, but not been lovers. In 2017, the man was sentenced to 90 days in prison for harassment and threats against an ex-girlfriend. The first of several restraining orders in this case was imposed in 2009. The judgment from 2017 states that he sent sensitive photos to her friends and family and threatened her. Among other things, he wrote: “You will die for this”. The police give the man a summons after he has breached the restraining order three times. The man is arrested on 2 August. Then he has again broken the restraining order. Despite the summons in June, he has now sought out the car that was parked outside her home and attached tracking devices to it a total of four times. The Oslo district court allows the police to remand the man. The district court describes the violations of the restraining order and the attachment of tracking devices to the car as follows: “This must be frightening for the victim and the frequency of the violations makes the risk of repetition strong. The accused’s explanation that he did not know that attaching the tracking device to her car was a violation of the restraining order, the court does not believe is credible.” The district court also emphasizes that he has previously been sentenced for similar matters. The Oslo police want to keep the man in custody, but the Oslo district court releases the man. “The accused has explained that he has understood the seriousness. The court further points out that the actions in the charge are of a different nature than the previous cases the accused have adopted pre-trial motions for. The court has therefore come to the conclusion that the risk of repetition has weakened, and that there is no longer a strong degree of probability that the accused will again commit new criminal offenses of the nature for which he is now charged”, writes the district court. The police are appealing the district court’s decision, but Borgarting Court of Appeal rejects the appeal. The woman asks for a violence alarm, but she does not get it. The police write that she asked for this before the man was released. “Prior to this, the victim had requested a violence alarm. Based on an overall assessment, the request was refused, as the risk of violence was assessed as low at the time,” the police write in a press release. The woman also asked for a reverse violence alarm, i.e. a GPS that the man must wear. The court must decide on this, and the police did not get that far. “A reverse violence alarm is imposed by the court in connection with sentencing in a criminal case. This case was not fully investigated, among other things, a new questioning of the victim was planned for week two,” the police write. The restraining order imposed on 27 April is extended. The ban, which expires on 27 October, is now extended to 27 October 2024. The police’s restraining order is maintained by the Oslo district court. In December 2023, the man breaks the restraining order again. He has now broken the restraining order ten times since April. The woman in her 30s is visiting someone at the hospital in Elverum when she goes missing. She was going to get something from the car when she disappeared. Night until Tuesday 2 January, the woman is found shot dead in a car outside the hospital. In the same car, the man in his 30s is found badly injured. He later dies of his injuries. Show more Lawyer Tore Müller Famestad has been appointed as the defendant’s defense attorney. But he tells news that his role in the case is somewhat unclear. – The court will decide whether a defense attorney should be appointed further, he says. Famestad himself believes that there should be a defense attorney further in the case in order to safeguard the interests of the accused and the surrounding family . He himself wants to continue in the role. – As long as the case has not been decided in terms of prosecution, I believe that a defense attorney should be appointed. He says this is a tragic case for everyone, but does not wish to comment further on the content of the case at this time. Revolver found in the car – The weapon that has been seized is a revolver, the origin of which we have not yet been able to trace. This is confirmed by police inspector Henning Klauseie in the Innlandet police district. He says the police have also seized mobile phones and a laptop that were in the car where the two were found. Klauseie says they both died from gunshots. Both were autopsied at the Institute of Forensic Medicine on Wednesday. On Thursday morning, the autopsy reports came. – In short, the autopsy report shows that both died from gunshot wounds, says Henning Klauseie to news on Thursday evening. The police want to review the reports internally before saying more. Furthermore, the police will, among other things, look at search history on the mobile phone and PC, which the accused has had, to see if there is a search for procedures to carry out actions that can be linked to the murder. Here from the press conferences about the murder in Elverum. Photo: Anders Bakkerud Larsen / news – We will now carry out investigations of the two cars that were seized. One used by the victim, the other used by who we believe to be the perpetrator. Klauseue says that the victim’s car will be particularly examined with a view to whether there are any tracking devices on it. The police take note of the criticism. The woman repeatedly asked for a violence alarm and a reverse violence alarm without her being granted it. The family is deeply disappointed by the follow-up the murdered woman received from the police from the time the first report against the accused man was submitted in April, until the tragic outcome. The police take the criticism from the family into account. Police inspector Marthe Notøy writes in a press release that the offended woman had asked for a violence alarm, but that the Oslo police district refused the request after an overall assessment. According to Notøy, the risk of violence was assessed as low at the time. On Tuesday, the police and crime technicians carried out investigations in a cordoned-off area in Elverum. Photo: Roar Berntsen / news The police further write that a violence alarm can be imposed by the court in connection with a verdict in a criminal case. As the case had not been fully investigated, there was no basis for sounding the alarm. The man accused of murder sought out the woman’s car and attached tracking devices to it four times last year. In court, he claimed that he did not know that it was breaking the restraining order. The man was detained for four weeks, but released on 1 September. The police in Oslo had not finished the investigation into violations of the visiting bans. Of the ten cases, three ended with a summons, while two were dropped. The other five cases are still under investigation, according to police inspector Marthe Notøy. The Oslo police district will review its handling of the murder case in Elverum. – A review of the case will mean, among other things, that we see whether our internal guidelines have been properly followed up and that we also look at the actual investigation of the cases, writes Acting Head of Joint Prosecution Audun Kristiansen in a press release. The police will not comment further on the case until they have the results of the review.
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The family releases the name and photo of the woman who was killed in Elverum – news Innlandet – Local news, TV and radio
