Bengaluru surgeon arrested for allegedly killing wife with anaesthetic overdose
Bengaluru: A 31-year-old city-based surgeon has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife who was a dermatologist at Victoria Hospital. The accused killed his 28-year-old wife, Dr Kritika M. Reddy, by administering an overdose of an anaesthetic drug, under the guise of medical treatment.
The accused, Dr Mahendra Reddy G.S., is a surgical resident at the Institute of Gastroenterology Sciences and Organ Transplant (IGOT). Forensic reports confirmed the presence of Propofol, an intravenous anaesthetic, in the viscera samples of his wife and Mahendra was taken into custody on Tuesday.
The couple were married since March 2024. They lived in Munnekolal, Whitefield. Kritika died on April 24 after allegedly falling unconscious at their residence and Mahendra had rushed her to Cauvery Hospital in Marathahalli. Doctors declared her brought dead.
Initially, police registered a case of unnatural death. But later reclassified it as murder following the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) findings. “The FSL report confirmed the presence of Propofol in the samples. Based on a fresh complaint from Kritika’s father, K. Muni Reddy, we have charged Mahendra with administering an overdose to kill her,” said Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh.
Investigators revealed that Mahendra had opposed conducting an autopsy. He had even persuaded Kritika’s father to request police not to proceed with it, but authorities went ahead with the post-mortem.
According to ACP (East) Ramesh Banoth, Mahendra had told police that he was trying to treat his wife for long-standing gastrointestinal issues. Police sources said that Mahendra had grown increasingly resentful after discovering Kritika’s health problems post-marriage and blamed her family for allegedly concealing her medical history.
Mahendra has been remanded to seven days of police custody as investigations continue into what officers describe as a “premeditated act” disguised as medical care.
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Kasaragod: District Collector’s office receives bomb threat from Ukraine
Kasaragod: Security was stepped up at the Kasaragod District Collector’s office after an email warning of a bomb threat was received on Friday evening.
Officials said the message prompted an immediate response from the police, who alerted senior officers and rushed security teams to the spot. The bomb disposal squad and dog squad were also pressed into service.
A detailed search was carried out inside the Collector’s office and in the surrounding premises. Police later confirmed that no explosives or suspicious items were found during the operation.
Preliminary investigation showed that the threat email originated from Ukraine. Police have begun efforts to trace the sender and verify the source of the message.
