Bengaluru: A surgeon has been arrested on the charges of killing his dermatologist wife with an overdose of anaesthesia in Bengaluru, police said on Wednesday.

The incident was reported from the Marathahalli police station limits.

The victim has been identified as Kruthika M. Reddy, a 29-year-old dermatologist. The accused was identified as her husband, a practising surgeon, Mahendra Reddy G.S.

He was arrested on Tuesday in Udupi, within hours of the FIR being registered.

The incident occurred on May 26, 2024. A complaint in this regard was initially filed by Nikita M. Reddy, the victim’s sister. The police registered it as an unnatural death case. Following a fresh complaint by the victim’s father, Muni Reddy K., on Tuesday, the police re-registered an FIR under Section 103 of the BN

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