Bengaluru doctor held for murdering wife using anaesthetic drug

Bengaluru, 15/10: Nearly six months after the death of a 29-year-old dermatologist, Bengaluru police on Tuesday arrested her husband for allegedly murdering her by using a powerful anaesthetic drug called ‘propofol’.

The Marathahalli police booked Dr Mahendra Reddy, 31, under BNS Section 103 (murder) for allegedly killing his wife, Kruthika M Reddy. The couple were married for less than a year.