Man sets wife ablaze, tells family she died of Delta Plus variant

The police have recognized the burnt corpse which was found stuffed inside a suitcase near SVRR Government Hospital five days ago as that of a 27-year-old techie based in Hyderabad. The key suspect in the case is her husband, who is believed to have murdered her and is on the run.

The enigma behind the undientified dead body, burnt beyond recognition, was solved after cops examined CCTV recordings around the hospital premises and found out who the cab driver was who helped the key accused dispose the body.

On interrogating the cab driver, cops identified the victim as Bhubaneshwari, aged 27, a native of Chittoor’s Ramasamundram and a software engineer who had a job inHyderabad. The victim tied the knot with Srikant Reddy of Kadapa in 2019. They also have an 18-month-old daughter.

The couple shifted to Tirupati following Srikant’s job loss in the time of the pandemic. Unemployed and in need of a job, Srikant started consuming alcohol, which often resulted in altercations between the couple.

On the intervening night of 22nd-23rd June, the husband and wife fought again and in a fit of anger, Srikant murdered Bhubaneshwari. He booked a cab and disposed the body in a hospital area. Later, he went back to the crime spot, poured petrol and set the suitcase ablaze.

As maintained by police sources, The accused, Srikant lied to his family and in-laws that his wife had been infected with the Delta Plus variant of coronavirus and succumbed to it. He further stated that her body was cremated by the hospital workers.

Srikant’s lie was uncovered when police investigating the case caught the cab driver who took the accused to the hospital. Police have set up a special team to trace and catch srikant, who is  at the moment absconding.

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