Six months after the sudden death of a 28-year-old dermatologist was written off as a natural death, police said that her husband, Dr Mahendra Reddy, allegedly orchestrated her killing with surgical precision, said news reports.

The couple had been married for less than a year, having tied the knot on May 26, 2024.

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The killing

Mahendra, a 32-year-old general surgeon at Victoria Hospital, Bengaluru, was arrested on October 14 for allegedly murdering his wife, Dr Kruthika Reddy, by administering a lethal dose of anaesthesia under the pretext of medical treatment.

Quoting the police, a Hindustan Times report said that Mahendra used his professional expertise and intimate knowledge of his wife’s health to

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