Overview
- Balamurugan, 40, allegedly shot assistant bank manager Bhuvaneshwari, 39, on a Rajajinagar road around 6:30 pm and then surrendered at the Magadi Road police station with the pistol.
- Police say he had tracked her after more than a year of separation and the attack occurred about a week after he received a divorce notice, with four empty cartridges recovered and a murder case filed under BNS Section 103.
- DCP S Girish said the firearm was seized and its licensing status is under verification as officers reconstruct the timeline and take witness statements.
- In a separate Dec 20 case, Ananth, 64, was arrested after a post-mortem showed his wife Gayathri, 55, suffered multiple blunt-force head injuries, contradicting his claim of a road accident.
- Hospital staff flagged injuries inconsistent with a crash, prompting police questioning and a confession, and both accused remain in custody as motive and evidence are examined.