Total Public Cases: 35
A family homicide occurred in Bengaluru, India, on June 22, 2026, involving a couple, Shwetha and Kenneth, who murdered Shwetha's parents and sister following escalating family conflict over financial debts and relationship rejection. The couple, …
Country: India | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: June 22, 2026
View DetailsBhavani, a 22-year-old student and part-time mobile shop employee in Bengaluru, India, was secretly married to Chandrashekhar, a 35-year-old auto-rickshaw driver with a concealed prior marriage and child. Their secret marriage, unknown to both families, …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: June 12, 2026
View DetailsOn March 24, 2026, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, a 5-year-old girl named Vennela died due to physical assault and suffocation inflicted by her mother's live-in partner, Mohan G. Mahalingappa, with her mother Priyanka P. currently …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 24, 2026
View DetailsIn Akkamahadevi Nagar, Indi town, Karnataka, 29-year-old Sunanda allegedly plotted with her lover Sidappa and an accomplice to murder her husband, temple priest Bhidappa Pujari, on the night of September 1. After Bhidappa went to …
Country: India | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Sept. 1, 2025
View DetailsOn August 23, 2025, 24-year-old Siddaraju and 22-year-old Darshita checked into Room 116 of the SJRS Lodge in Belur, Karnataka, pretending to be a married couple. Darshita, who was already married to a man in …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Aug. 23, 2025
View DetailsOn August 3, 42-year-old Lakshmi Devi went missing after visiting her daughter Tejashwi in Tumakuru District, Karnataka, India. On August 7, local police were alerted when a passerby spotted a dog carrying a human hand …
Country: India | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: Aug. 3, 2025
View DetailsOn July 11, 2025, Tattappa traveled on his motorcycle to Lingsugur to pick up his wife, Gadamma, from her parental home after the Muharram festival. While riding back toward Shakti Nagar, Gadamma insisted on stopping …
Country: India | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: July 11, 2025
View DetailsFormer Gram Panchayat member Lokesh was found dead near his parked car in Makkali village, Karnataka, on June 24. His wife, Chandrakala, a serving Gram Panchayat member living separately in Bengaluru, publicly claimed Lokesh died …
Country: India | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: June 24, 2025
View DetailsOn May 24, 2025, in Athani, Belagavi district, Karnataka, 65-year-old Komanna Honakande called police claiming his daughter-in-law, Dr. Renuka Santosh Honakande, had died in a motorcycle accident after her saree got caught in the rear …
Country: India | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: May 24, 2025
View DetailsDr. Kruthika M. Reddy, a 28-year-old dermatologist in Bengaluru, died under suspicious circumstances on April 24, 2025, approximately 11 months after her marriage to Dr. Mahendra Reddy G.S., a gastroenterological surgeon. Initially presented by her …
Country: India | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: April 24, 2025
View DetailsSoftware engineer Rakesh Khedekar allegedly murdered his wife, Gauri Khedekar, inside their flat in South Bengaluru on March 26, 2025, following a violent argument triggered by marital friction over her unemployment after relocating from Pune. …
Country: India | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: March 26, 2025
View DetailsOn Wednesday night, March 26, 2025, an argument erupted at the dinner table between IT professional Rakesh Samrekar and his wife Gauri Anil Samrekar in their rented residence in Hulimavu, Bengaluru, Karnataka. During the confrontation, …
Country: India | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: March 26, 2025
View DetailsIn Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, software project manager Rakesh allegedly murdered his wife Gauri following an argument inside their rented residence in the Hulimavu/Doddakannelli area on March 26, 2025. The couple, originally from Maharashtra, had been …
Country: India | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: March 26, 2025
View DetailsOn March 6, 2025, around 11:00 PM, a group of five tourists—a 29-year-old female homestay operator, a 27-year-old Israeli female tourist, a young male traveler from Odisha, a young man from Maharashtra named Pankaj, and …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 6, 2025
View DetailsVidya, a married woman residing in Bengaluru with her husband Basavaraj, their four-year-old son, and her in-laws, was subjected to ongoing domestic abuse, verbal insults, and physical confinement. On the night of Shivaratri (February 26, …
Country: India | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 26, 2025
View DetailsIn Attibele near Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 37-year-old mother Vidya passed away after battling multi-organ failure caused by alleged mercury poisoning over a period of nine months. According to Vidya's video statement recorded at Victoria Hospital …
Country: India | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 26, 2025
View DetailsIn Hubballi, Karnataka, a 40-year-old private company worker named Peter committed suicide by hanging at his home on January 26, 2025. Peter had married Pinky in late 2022, but the couple separated within three months …
Country: India | Incident Type: Suicide | Date: Jan. 26, 2025
View DetailsOn December 9, 2024, software engineer Atul Subhash committed suicide in Bengaluru, Karnataka, after leaving behind an 81-minute video recording and a 24-page note detailing alleged emotional torture, extortion, and false dowry cases by his …
Country: India | Incident Type: Suicide | Date: Dec. 9, 2024
View DetailsOn December 9, 2024, Atul Subhash died by suicide in Bengaluru, Karnataka, after leaving behind a 90-minute video recording and a 23-page document detailing extensive harassment, financial extortion, and legal coercion by his estranged wife, …
Country: India | Incident Type: Suicide | Date: Dec. 9, 2024
View DetailsBalakrishna Salyan, a 44-year-old hotel employee from Udupi district, Karnataka, India, was allegedly murdered by his wife Prathima and her alleged lover Dileep Hegde. The couple reportedly developed an extramarital relationship through social media. Police …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Oct. 20, 2024
View DetailsOn August 13, 2024, Shilpa Rani reported to the Gandasi police station in Karnataka that her husband, 50-year-old farmer and tire shop owner Muniswamy Gowda, was killed in a hit-and-run truck accident on the highway …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Aug. 13, 2024
View DetailsIn November 2020, 35-year-old Suresh reported his wife Mallige missing after 18 years of marriage in Kodagu district, Karnataka, India. In June 2021, local police recovered an unidentified skeleton and nearby clothing in a desolate …
Country: India | Incident Type: Missing Person / Presumed Homicide | Date: Nov. 1, 2020
View DetailsOn August 20, 2019, 42-year-old saree businessman Jai Kumar Jain was found stabbed and partially burned inside the bathroom of his bungalow in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Police investigation revealed that his 15-year-old daughter and her …
Country: India | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: Aug. 20, 2019
View DetailsOn August 18, 2019, in Bangalore, Karnataka, a 15-year-old girl allegedly planned and executed the murder of her father, Jai Kumar, a cloth merchant. The girl, in a romantic relationship with an older boyfriend, reportedly …
Country: India | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Aug. 18, 2019
View DetailsImtiyaz Ahmed and Lakshmi, both government school teachers in Karnataka, married secretly in 2011 despite religious differences. Lakshmi was later transferred to Bhadravati to care for her ill mother, while Imtiyaz remained in Kalaburagi until …
Country: India | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: July 7, 2016
View DetailsOn October 29, 2014, BSc student Arpita went missing from Hubli, Karnataka, after being pressured by her college partner Arun to get married. Fearful that disclosure of their relationship would ruin his academic ambitions and …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Oct. 29, 2014
View DetailsOn February 12, 2013, the wife of a bank officer went missing from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Three days later, her body was discovered near a highway with signs of strangulation, knife injuries, and sexual assault. …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 12, 2013
View DetailsOn October 9, 2012, 17-year-old student Sowjanya went missing while walking home from SDM College in Belthangady, Karnataka. Her body was discovered the next day tied to a tree near her house, bearing severe signs …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Oct. 9, 2012
View DetailsGirish, a software engineer, was murdered three days after his engagement to Shubha, who was secretly involved with another man, Arun. The engagement was arranged by Shubha's father to prevent scandal. Shubha, Arun, and two …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 3, 2003
View DetailsOn the morning of February 24, 1994, in Vamanjoor village near Bengaluru, Karnataka, four members of a family were found brutally murdered inside their home: 70-year-old Appi Sherigathy, her 22-year-old son Govinda, her 28-year-old daughter …
Country: India | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: Feb. 24, 1994
View DetailsA Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Karnataka is conducting forensic ground-penetrating radar (GPR) scanning at Site Number 13 in the Dharmasthala jungle along the Netravati River to locate reported mass burials. The investigation was triggered …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 22, 1988
View DetailsHarini allegedly conspired with her boyfriend Vinay to murder her millionaire husband Abhinandan and their 4-year-old son Yaduveer in Bengaluru. Harini disabled the home's CCTV cameras before Vinay entered and fatally attacked Abhinandan with an …
Country: India | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: None
View DetailsPreeti, a 28-year-old mother of two working at a warehouse in Hassan, Karnataka, accepted a Facebook friend request from an unknown user named Puneet. Within two days of chatting and exchanging phone numbers, she agreed …
Country: India | Incident Type: Murder | Date: None
View DetailsFormer Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) Om Prakash, a 1981-batch IPS officer aged 68, was stabbed to death on the ground floor of his three-story residence in HSR Layout, Bengaluru. His wife, Pallavi, was …
Country: India | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: None
View DetailsA 16-year-old girl in Bengaluru was sexually harassed and assaulted by her badminton coach, Suresh Balaji, over a period of two years. The coach coerced her into sending nude photos and videos, threatened her with …
Country: India | Incident Type: Rape | Date: None
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