Deceased – Upendra
Bengaluru: In a murder case that initially appeared to be an accidental death, Electronics City police arrested two persons — the deceased man’s wife and her lover — for allegedly conspiring to murder Upendra N, 41, and staging his death as a heart attack. The arrested are Anitha, 36, and her lover, Talasani Madhusudhan Reddy, 46, a cab driver. Police were alerted about Upendra’s death by his brother, Rajendra, on Oct 12. On the night of Oct 11, Upendra reportedly assaulted Anitha, following which she called Reddy. Police detained Anitha from her residence on Nov 6.
When they questioned Anitha, she said Upendra slipped and fell while going to the bathroom and died due to cardiac arrest.
The postmortem report said it was “death was due to asphyxia as a result of throttling, mode of compression to be investigated”. Reddy told police he sat on top of Upendra and gripped his neck with both hands. However, police noticed bruises on his face and neck and suspected Anitha’s involvement. Based on a complaint filed by Rajendra, police initially registered an unnatural death report (UDR) case. Inspector Azheruddin and his team collected call detail records of Upendra and Anitha and monitored her movements. He reached Upendra’s house around midnight. He found the two children asleep in the hall and Upendra in the bedroom. Simultaneously, Anitha covered her husband’s face and nose. After struggling for a while, Upendra stopped breathing. During questioning, she also confessed to her involvement in the murder.