Bengaluru Doctor murders wife with anaesthetic overdose, arrested
Bengaluru police arrested Dr Mahendra Reddy, for the murder of his wife, Dr Kruthika M Reddy by administering overdose of anaesthetic drug
Bengaluru: In a chilling incident, Bengaluru police have arrested Dr Mahendra Reddy, a general surgeon, for the murder of his wife, Dr Kruthika M Reddy, a dermatologist by administering overdose of anaesthetic drug.
According to the police, the husband, Dr Reddy, allegedly overdosed his wife, Kruthika with anaesthetic drugs that caused fatal respiratory depression, leading to the death of the victim.
Kruthika reportedly fell ill and was immediately rushed to the nearby hospital in Ayyappa Layout, Munnekolalu. The doctors examined her and confirmed that she was brought dead.
Commissioner of Police, Seemanth Kumar Singh, said that following the incident, an Unnatural Death Report (UDR) was filed, stating that the doctor died under mysterious circumstances.
“In the Marathahalli Police Station police station limits in the month of April 2025, there was a UDR reported of a lady who died under mysterious circumstances, but there was no complaint as such. The police have done a good job in this, as they have properly collected the evidence. The team has collected the evidence properly and sent it to the FSL,” CP Seemanth Kumar Singh said.
The UDR team collected material evidence, including the cannula set, injection tube, and other medical items used in the crime and handed them over to the investigating officers for further action.
On the same day, the investigating officers collected viscera samples from the deceased’s body to ascertain the exact cause of death and sent them to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for expert opinion.
According to the police, the FSL experts reported that sedative (Propofol) substances were present in the organs of the deceased.
Following this, the deceased woman’s father lodged a complaint at the Marathahalli Police Station on Monday, expressing suspicion that his son-in-law, Dr Mahendra Reddy, had murdered his daughter by administering sedatives.
Acting swiftly on the complaint, the Marathahalli Police apprehended the accused from Manipal, Udupi on October 14.
CP Seemanth Kumar Singh said that all the evidence points toward the husband’s involvement in the murder.
“The evidences which has been collected till now point to the hand of her husband because he was the person who had brought her to the hospital initially and had never complained about what happened and said that she was not in good health and she was undergoing treatment,” he said.
Authorities alleged that Mahendra Reddy misused his professional access to OT and ICU facilities at the hospital to procure and administer the drug. He then attempted to misrepresent the death as natural and reportedly pressured the victim’s family to forgo both a police complaint and a post-mortem examination.
The accused is under police custody while further investigation is still underway.
