“She was not only a sensible girl however was daring, too. She dreamt of being honoured by the President of India or the prime minister for her work in drugs. However we by no means thought that she could be killed by her husband,” stated Mohan Reddy T S, brother-in-law of Dr Kruthika M Reddy, a 29-year-old dermatologist allegedly killed by her husband in Bengaluru.
On April 24, Kruthika was declared lifeless on arrival when taken to Cauvery Hospital by her mother and father, with whom she was dwelling, after she was discovered unresponsive in her room. Three days earlier than that, she had complained of gastritis and was handled by her surgeon husband, Dr Mahendra Reddy G S, 31, in accordance with the police.
Whereas the household thought the demise was pure, Kruthika’s sister Dr Nikitha M Reddy insisted that she wished to know the reason for the demise, which led police to register a case of unnatural demise.
Six months later, the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) experiences urged that she was administered a excessive dosage of Propofol, an anaesthetic drug restricted to working theatre use solely. The Bengaluru police arrested her husband Mahendra for allegedly killing her by giving her the high-dose anaesthetic injection.
Kruthika’s household was devastated after the arrest of her husband. Apparently, he visited them a number of instances after her demise and was seemingly depressed.
Mohan, Nikitha’s husband, spoke about hours earlier than Kruthika’s demise. “On April 23, he (Mahendra) administered her IV and went to sleep in one other room. The subsequent morning, when she was discovered unresponsive, my in-laws and Mahendra shifted her to the hospital, the place docs declared that she was lifeless. Mahendra insisted that his spouse’s physique be taken to his hometown for cremation, stating {that a} postmortem was pointless. Nevertheless, it was my spouse who remained sturdy and wished to know the reason for demise.”
“We had no suspicion of Mahendra as he pretended to be in despair following his spouse’s demise. After her demise, he visited his in-laws a number of instances and used to discuss whether or not they obtained any phrase from the police associated to the FSL report. However once we obtained to know that Propofol was getting used, we then related it to the IV drips that he used to manage days earlier than her demise,” stated Mohan, an engineer.
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A grand marriage ceremony
Kruthika and Mahendra tied the knot in an organized marriage on Could 26, 2024. Based on Kruthika’s household, they spent about Rs 2 crore for the marriage, and in October, Mahendra sought monetary assist from Kruthika’s household to arrange a hospital in Bengaluru.
“When he sought cash, Kruthika’s household requested him to realize some service earlier than organising, and it wanted a number of crores of rupees of funding. He was sad about it,” stated Mohan.
Mohan stated it was solely after they discovered of Mahendra’s alleged involvement within the demise that they sought data concerning him and his twin brother, Dr Nagendra Reddy.
“We got here to know that Dr Nagendra Reddy, the dual brother of Mahendra, has been going through a legal case since 2018 on the HAL police station. In 2023, Mahendra was named as a co-accused for issuing a risk in opposition to the complainant. However a day earlier than the demise of Kruthika, a compromise was held and the circumstances had been withdrawn,” stated Mohan.
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The household additionally alleged that Mahendra was having an affair with a lady he met in Mumbai throughout his faculty days. “We not too long ago discovered that he had been concerned together with her and that that they had agreed on a sum of cash for her to not disturb his marriage. Nevertheless, it seems he has resumed contact with the identical girl,” Mohan stated.
The police arrested Mahendra from Manipal within the Udupi district when he was away from work. “He didn’t know that the FSL report was out, and he didn’t know that he was underneath police radar,” stated a police officer.
Mahendra was produced earlier than a Justice of the Peace Wednesday and despatched to 9 days’ police custody.
Mahendra’s father is claimed to be a landlord who has rented out a number of properties in Gunjur and Marathahalli, whereas Krithika’s father is a retired electrical engineer.