Elderly Bengaluru Couple Die in Suspected Poisoning Over Medical Burden

Overview

• A daughter found both parents unresponsive at their Manjunath Nagar home after her calls went unanswered and alerted Basaveshwara Nagar police, who moved the bodies for post-mortem.
• Authorities identified the dead as 73-year-old Eshwar Achari and his 66-year-old wife Gowri and have registered a case while investigators probe the circumstances.
• Police say the couple allegedly consumed poison at home and that their concern about the cost and care of Gowri’s prolonged illness was a suspected motive.
• Reports say Gowri was bedridden after losing movement in her hip and had other health issues that the daughters had been helping to treat and pay for.
• Investigators have not confirmed a cause of death and are awaiting post-mortem results and further inquiries to rule out foul play or establish motive conclusively.