Overview
- Rohan Chandra Bhat, 33, was arrested after his parents, retired Navy captain Naveen Chandra Bhat, 60, and dentist Dr Shyamala Bhat, 55, were fatally stabbed at Villa No. 112 in Adarsh Vista, Vignan Nagar, on Wednesday morning.
- The couple were taken by neighbours to Manipal Hospitals and were declared dead around 8:15 am, according to Bengaluru police.
- A murder case was registered at HAL Police Station based on a complaint by neighbour Dr Madhavi Nair, and officers apprehended the suspect at the scene.
- Investigators say the son had returned from the United States, was living separately, freelanced on tech projects, and had been seeking parental funding, with a figure of about ₹4 lakh cited in preliminary accounts.
- Police cited mood swings and contradictory statements in referring the accused to NIMHANS for evaluation, while the bodies remain at Bowring Hospital with post-mortem to follow the daughter’s arrival from the US.