India, Oct. 16 -- Mahendra Reddy, a 32-year-old general surgeon at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru, knew exactly how the human body would react, and he used that knowledge not to save a life, but to take one.

Six months after a 28-year-old dermatologist's sudden death was written off as natural, police said her husband, Mahendra Reddy, had meticulously planned her killing, with the precision of a surgeon, HT reported earlier.

Mahendra was arrested on October 14 for allegedly murdering his wife, Dr Kruthika Reddy, by administering a fatal dose of anesthesia under the guise of treatment. The couple had married less than a year earlier, on May 26, 2024.

Police said Mahendra used his professional expertise and intimate knowledge of his wife...