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Bengaluru Woman Remanded After Autopsy Reveals Husband’s Blunt-Force Death

Judicial authorities will weigh her self-defence assertion against the autopsy findings

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Bengaluru woman arrested after allegedly killing her husband.

Overview

  • The autopsy overturned the initial natural death ruling by identifying fatal head trauma inflicted with a kitchen wooden stick.
  • Shruthi was arrested on murder charges after confessing in police custody to striking her husband during a domestic dispute.
  • She maintains she acted to protect herself and her daughters from repeated alcohol-fuelled violence and alleged financial neglect.
  • Police and prosecutors are reviewing Unnatural Death Registry procedures, forensic reports and witness statements ahead of forthcoming hearings.
  • The couple’s two daughters are under their grandmother’s care with Bhaskar’s rental income designated for their support.