Bengaluru Woman Wakes Up Next To Her Friend’s Dead & Tortured Body; Here’s What Happened

By OB Bureau On Aug 29, 2024

New Delhi: A woman in Bengaluru will never forget this morning. She woke up to find her friend lying dead beside her in bed. Her throat was slit and the body was drenched in a pool of blood. Only the night before, this friend had confided in her about her marital dispute and told her that she feared for her safety.

Police identified the deceased woman as B Navyashree, a 28-year-old dance instructor and host, who lived with her husband, Kiran, a cab driver, at a rented accommodation in Kengeri Upanagara’s SMV Layout. The couple had been married for three years, but had frequent domestic disputes, police said. The husband was arrested on Wednesday on a murder charge after Navyashree’s friend, Aishwarya, alerted the neighbours and informed the police control room, News18 reported.

The victim was found dead tied to a chair, tortured and strangled. Aishwarya, the friend who discovered the body, told the police that Navyashree told her and another male friend, Anil, that she feared for her life the day before she was found dead. The friend’s complaint stated that she was with Navyashree the night the crime was committed. She told the police that she consumed alcohol and went to bed only to wake up in the morning to find her friend dead. Police suspect that Kiran may have entered the house with the help of a spare key.

Police said Navyashree sent messages to her friends, Aishawarya and Anil, on the morning of August 27 asking to meet them. Navyashree told Aishwarya that she was distressed both at home and outside, and was facing marital disputes.

The two women then met Anil, who encouraged Navyashree to file a complaint against her husband thinking police intervention might help. She also expressed a fear for her safety to her friends, police said.

Later in the night around 11.30 pm, Anil dropped the two women home and they went to bed. In the morning, around 6 am, Aishwarya discovered Navyashree’s body following which she alerted the neighbours and contacted the police.

A murder case was registered under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).