Bengaluru: A 31-year-old city-based surgeon has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife who was a dermatologist at Victoria Hospital. The accused killed his 28-year-old wife, Dr Kritika M. Reddy, by administering an overdose of an anaesthetic drug, under the guise of medical treatment.

The accused, Dr Mahendra Reddy G.S., is a surgical resident at the Institute of Gastroenterology Sciences and Organ Transplant (IGOT). Forensic reports confirmed the presence of Propofol, an intravenous anaesthetic, in the viscera samples of his wife and Mahendra was taken into custody on Tuesday.

The couple were married since March 2024. They lived in Munnekolal, Whitefield. Kritika died on April 24 after allegedly falling unconscious at their residence and Mahendra had rushed her to Cauvery Hospit

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