Overview

• Marathahalli Police arrested Dr Mahendra Reddy near Manipal after registering an FIR on October 14 and issuing a Look-Out Circular.
• A Forensic Science Laboratory report detected Propofol in multiple organs months after the April death, prompting the case to be booked as murder under Section 103 of the BNS.
• Investigators allege the surgeon used his hospital access to obtain the operating-theatre drug from Victoria Hospital, administered it to his wife, and tried to pass the death off as natural.
• Interrogation is underway as police examine procurement trails, possible planning and concealment, and any assistance he may have received.
• The victim, dermatologist Dr Kruthika M Reddy, collapsed at her father's Marathahalli home days after receiving IV injections from her husband, and her family says the accused’s criminal background was hidden before the marriage.