Overview
- Balamurugan, 40, allegedly shot his estranged wife Bhuvaneshwari, 39, on a Rajajinagar route before surrendering at Magadi Road police station minutes later.
- Police say a recent divorce notice preceded the public shooting; the couple had lived apart for over a year and the victim, an assistant bank manager, lived with two children.
- Investigators have seized the pistol and are verifying its source, with police sources alleging months of planning and that the accused carried a knife as backup; a court remanded him to 14 days’ custody.
- In a separate case, Ananth, 64, allegedly lured his wife Gayathri, 55, to an under-construction site and killed her with a blunt object before falsely reporting a road accident.
- Post-mortem findings contradicted the accident claim and led to Ananth’s confession and arrest; both cases are registered as murder and remain under active investigation.