Andhra police arrest man accused of killing his wife

Andhra Pradesh police arrested Sreekanth Reddy, accused of killing and burning the body of his wife Bhubaneswari. Police said financial and personal disputes led to the crime.

Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh): Police in Andhra Pradesh have arrested a man on charges of killing his wife after a burnt body was found near a hospital in Tirupati last week.

Sreekanth Reddy is accused of murdering his wife Bhuvaneshwari over financial and personal disputes.

According to police, Reddy started a Non-Governmental Organization, which he named People against Corruption in Kadapa district. He is said to have cheated people for money and he was a spendthrift. He got indebted and started asking Bhuvaneswari for money. Financial problems led to a tussle between the couple before her death on June 23, police sources said.

Reddy killed her by pressing a pillow against her face and CCTV footage revealed that he brought a red suitcase to his home at 10:30 am and spent three hours in the house, before setting her body on fire, according to police.

In order to cover up, Reddy told his family that Bhubaneswari had died of Covid-19 and her funeral was conducted by the hospital management. However, a relative of Bhubaneswari, who is a police officer, did not believe it and started an investigation that led to the grim truth.

Police also arrested and interrogated the taxi driver who helped Reddy to dispose of the body. Two special police teams were deployed to arrest Reddy. Bhuvaneswari was a software engineer belonging to Ramasamudra in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district. She came to Tirupati with her husband three months ago after being offered the opportunity to work from home.