Overview
- Police say Netravathi, 34, was strangled with a towel at her Uttarahalli home on October 25 and later hung with a saree to make it look like a suicide.
- The accused are the woman’s teenage daughter, her boyfriend and three boys aged about 13–17, with most described by police as school dropouts.
- Investigators detained all five juveniles and, according to police and PTI, sent them to a juvenile home as evidence gathering continues.
- Officers cite the mother’s objection to her daughter’s relationship as the likely trigger, with the degree of planning and exact sequence still under probe.
- The case advanced after a missing-person complaint for the daughter on October 29 and her later statements, which helped unravel the staged scene.