The Bengaluru police on Thursday arrested a 35-year-old man who attempted to pass off the alleged murder of his wife at their residence in the city as a death due to electrocution during a bathing accident on October 15.

The accused has been identified as Prashanth Kammar, a daily wage earner from Ballari, who was living with his wife Reshma H, 32, in the Hebbagodi region of south east Bengaluru after their marriage nine months ago, the police said.

Reshma, a widow and a mother of a teenage girl who had been working in Mumbai , met Prashant Kammar on Instagram and developed a relationship leading to their marriage. The couple started living together in Bengaluru with Reshma’s daughter from her first marriage, the police said.

According to the police, Reshma was found in an unconscio

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