Two held for murder of man in Bengaluru death was passed off as heart attack

Bengaluru, Nov 9 (PTI) A 36-year-old woman and her male friend have been arrested for allegedly conspiring to murder her husband and pass off his death as a heart attack, police said on Monday.

    The accused have been identified as Anita, the deceased's wife, and Madhusudan, her friend. Both are natives of the same village in Andhra Pradesh and knew each other, police said.

    According to police, the incident occurred in the early hours of October 12 at Doddathoguru, under the limits of the Electronic City police station. Anita has two children from her marriage to 41-year-old Upendra.

    The murder came to light several days later after the post-mortem examination report raised suspicion over the circumstances surrounding Upendra's death, police said.

    The case initially came to the notice of the police following a complaint lodged by Upendra's elder brother. He told police that his brother, who ran a call centre business, had slipped and fallen while going to the bathroom and subsequently died of a heart attack.

    Based on the complaint, an unnatural death report was registered at the Electronic City police station.

    However, after receiving the post-mortem report, police began investigating the case from various angles and gathered further information.

    During interrogation on November 5, Madhusudan allegedly confessed to being in a relationship with Upendra's wife, a senior police officer said. He told investigators that Upendra had learnt about their relationship and warned both of them.

    As Upendra was allegedly an obstacle to their relationship, the two conspired to kill him by strangling him and covering his nose and mouth to prevent him from breathing, the officer said.

    To conceal the murder, they allegedly misled others by claiming that Upendra had slipped and fallen while going to the bathroom and died of a heart attack, he added.

    Anita was taken into custody from her residence at Doddathoguru on November 6. During interrogation, she allegedly confessed to her involvement in the crime, police said.

    The unnatural death report was subsequently converted into a murder case.

    Both accused were produced before a court on November 6 and remanded to seven days of police custody, police said, adding that further investigation was underway.

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