Bengaluru techie kills relative in ‘suicide attempt’, arrested

Both had separated from their spouses 8 years ago, the constabulary said, adding that portion their matrimony plans did not materialise, they remained successful interaction with each other.

Ten months ago, Basha decided to relocate to Mumbai and vacated his flat, and Uzma moved to her mother’s location successful HBR Layout. However, Basha returned to Bengaluru and stayed astatine Deepam Apartment successful Kundalahalli.

Uzma often visited him, and during 1 of her visits, Basha cloned her mobile phone, allowing him to entree each her messages, according to the police.

The constabulary recovered retired that Uzma had been readying to wed a Pakistani nationalist moving successful Australia, a prime Basha did not o.k. of. On December 31, 2024, Basha sent photos of himself cooking successful his level and invited her to observe the New Year with him. She arrived astatine the flat by 9.30 p.m. and determination was sound coming from the level till astir 12.30 am, according to the police.

Around noon connected January 1, Basha allegedly sent messages to relatives claiming that his archetypal woman was creating problems implicit his narration with Uzma and that they were truthful ending their lives. Uzma’s member Himayath Khan instantly called the constabulary helpline and by 1 pm, officers arrived astatine the scene. By then, Uzma was dormant portion Basha, who was alive, was shifted to a adjacent hospital.

However, Uzma’s postmortem study revealed that she had died astatine slightest 8 hours earlier Basha sent those messages, the constabulary said.

The investigations revealed that Basha had laced Uzma’s nutrient with poison portion consuming non-lethal toilet cleaner himself to marque it look similar a termination attempt.

The constabulary are awaiting a forensic study to corroborate whether Uzma was besides strangled earlier being poisoned.