A sensational murder incident has come to light on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) evening in the Magadi Road police station area of Karnataka’s capital Bengaluru, where a husband shot his wife dead. The incident happened on Tuesday between 6:30 and 7 pm. According to the police, case number 310/2025 has been registered against the accused in this case under section 103.
The deceased has been identified as 39-year-old Bhuvaneshwari, who was working as an assistant manager in the Basaveshwaranagar branch of Union Bank of India. She lived in Rajajinagar with her two children. At the same time, the accused and the husband of the deceased has been identified as 40-year-old Balamurugan, who was earlier working as a software engineer in Capgemini company. Both of them got married in the year 2011, but due to mutual differences, they were living separately for the last one and a half years.
What was revealed in the police investigation?
Police investigation has revealed that the accused suspected that his wife was having an affair with another person. The deceased wanted legal separation, which the accused was opposing. Six months ago, Bhuvaneshwari was transferred from Whitefield branch, after which the accused was not aware of the whereabouts of his wife and children. Later he traced them and started living in Cholurpalya, KP Agrahar border area about four months ago. A week ago the accused had received a divorce notice from his wife. According to the police, angry over this, the accused chased the wife who was out for a walk while returning home from office on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) and shot her with a pistol.
Doctors declared him dead as soon as he reached the hospital.
After being shot, Bhuvaneshwari, who was seriously injured, was taken to Shanbagh Hospital, where doctors declared her dead. After the murder, the accused himself reached Magadi Road police station and confessed to his crime and surrendered. The police have taken the accused into custody and started further investigation.
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