Overview

• Bengaluru police booked Dr. Mahendra Reddy under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after FSL reports found Propofol in Dr. Kruthika Reddy’s organs.
• Officers issued a Look-Out Circular and arrested the accused in Manipal, Udupi, taking him into custody for interrogation on motive and drug sourcing.
• The April 2025 death was initially recorded as an Unnatural Death Report until viscera analysis shifted the case to a homicide investigation six months later.
• Scene-of-crime teams recovered a cannula set, injection tubing and other medical items from the home, which were sent with viscera for laboratory testing.
• The family alleges demands for money, a concealed criminal background and an alleged affair as possible motives, while the accused claims he was treating gastrointestinal issues.