A 31-year-old general surgeon has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife, also a doctor, six months after her death was initially believed to be from natural causes. Police said the case took a turn after a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report confirmed the presence of an anaesthetic substance in the victim’s organs.

Dr Mahendra Reddy, a general surgeon at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru, was arrested following the forensic report that found traces of Propofol, a controlled anaesthetic used only in hospitals, in the body of his wife, Dr Kruthika M Reddy, 29, a dermatologist.

The arrest followed months of investigation driven by Kruthika’s sister, Dr Nikitha M Reddy, a radiologist, who doubted her sibling’s death was natural.

Kruthika was found unresponsive on April 24 and rushe

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