India, April 10 -- Police discovered the body of a 32-year-old speech and hearing-impaired man on Wednesday in Mysuru district after a months-long investigation into a rare case involving both the victim and the accused being specially-abled, with investigation being relied on sign language experts, police said on Thursday.

Police said the victim, Swami, a resident of Devarammanahalli Palya in Nanjangud taluk, was living with his wife, Savita, who is also speech and hearing impaired, along with their three-year-old daughter. The couple had married four years ago.

According to investigators, the prime accused, Srinivas, a 37-year-old man from Kunigal in Tumakuru district, was also speech and hearing-impaired and had become acquainted wit...