Overview
- Nageshwar Rao was taken into custody after his wife, Sandya Sri, was found strangled with a towel at their Whitefield home, police said.
- A murder case was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the body was sent for postmortem as forensic work proceeds.
- Investigators say he had been under treatment for depression and reportedly contemplated suicide after the killing.
- Police say he remained at the scene, contacted an acquaintance, and neighbors and a resident doctor alerted authorities.
- Officers cited incoherent or shifting statements during questioning, and the couple’s daughter in the United States has been informed and is returning.