Overview
- Police say the couple argued on Saturday night and the woman, 20-year-old Anusha, was later found strangled in their rented flat.
- The case came to light when the accused, Sharath, reportedly informed a lawyer who alerted Seshadripuram police and officers entered the locked house.
- Officers completed post-mortem formalities at a municipal hospital and have taken Sharath into custody for questioning and formal arrest.
- Investigators say the pair met on Instagram, had lived together in Bengaluru for about six months, and that Sharath worked as a water-tanker driver while Anusha lived with support from her sister.
- Police have not established a motive and are recording statements from relatives and neighbours as part of a broader inquiry into recent live-in relationship violence in the city.