India, Oct. 17 -- A 28-year-old Bengaluru dermatologist, Dr Kruthika Reddy, was allegedly murdered by her husband, surgeon Dr Mahendra Reddy, who police said used his medical expertise to administer a fatal dose of anaesthesia under the guise of treatment.

Six months after her sudden death was recorded as natural, forensic reports confirmed she had been given Propofol, a controlled anaesthetic, leading to Mahendra's arrest on October 14, HT reported earlier.

In front of her house in Ayyappa Layout now stands a nameplate that reads 'In Memory of Dr Kruthika M Reddy', a grim reminder of a father's shattered dream.

"I built that house only to see my daughter living happily with her husband and kids," The Indian Express quoted her father, ...