A 25-year-old in Bengaluru strangled his wife, staged it as electrocution and later confessed. Police registered a murder case; probe continues.
A Bengaluru man has been arrested after allegedly strangling his wife and staging her death to look like an accidental electrocution, police said. The accused, identified as Prashant Kammar, met the victim, Reshma, on Instagram months earlier and the two married after a brief relationship; investigators say marital friction and suspicion of an affair led to repeated fights before the fatal incident.
According to the police probe, the couple argued on October 15, during which Prashant assaulted and strangled Reshma inside their home. He then placed her body in the bathroom, filled a bucket with water and switched on the water heater to create the appearance of death by electric shock. Reshma’s teenage daughter found her mother unresponsive after returning from school; Reshma was declared brought dead at a nearby hospital.
Overcome by guilt or unable to maintain the cover-up, the husband later broke down and confessed to killing his wife, the police said; a murder case has been registered and further investigation is underway. Local details — the accused hails from Ballari district’s Huvina Hadagali and the victim lived in Hebbagodi’s Maragondanahalli — are part of the FIR and are being confirmed as officers continue forensic and witness enquiries.
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