Overview
- Hebbagodi police arrested Prashant Kammar on suspicion of killing his wife, Reshma, and staging the scene with an immersion heater to suggest an accident.
- An autopsy found no signs of electric shock and identified manual strangulation as the cause of death, contradicting the initial claim of an electrocution.
- Reshma’s teenage daughter found her mother in a bathroom latched from the outside, and her account to an aunt triggered the complaint and probe.
- Police detained the accused near Hosur Main Road on October 16, produced him in court on October 17, and secured his judicial remand under IPC Section 302.
- Investigators report the accused confessed to attacking Reshma after suspected infidelity, and they continue to record statements from relatives and neighbours.