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Indian nurse arrested for allegedly killing husband with toilet cleaner injection

From The Straits Times · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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News From a news agency Outcome reported
  • An Indian nurse allegedly murdered her husband by injecting him with toilet cleaner mixed with sleeping pills.
  • Police arrested the 32-year-old nurse, Sandhya, after the victim's mother suspected foul play.
  • The motive appears to be her extramarital affair, with a previous murder attempt involving a fall from a terrace also failing.

A nurse in India's Telangana state has been arrested for allegedly murdering her husband by injecting him with toilet cleaner through his IV line. Sandhya, 32, is accused of administering the toxic mixture, combined with crushed sleeping pills, to her husband, Dayini Prashanth, 35, on June 30.

Sandhya carried out this act so she could continue her extramarital relationship with a 35-year-old man named Anil.

— Police officialsStating the alleged motive for the murder.

The victim was reportedly undergoing treatment after surviving a previous murder attempt. Police officials stated that Sandhya's motive was to continue her extramarital relationship with another man, identified as Anil. The investigation was prompted by a complaint from Prashanth's mother, who harbored suspicions about the circumstances of her son's death.

Prashanth had recently returned to India on June 27 after working in the Gulf for two years. According to investigators, Sandhya viewed him as an obstacle to her relationship with Anil. Authorities revealed that Sandhya, along with Anil and his friend, had conspired to kill Prashanth.

Prashanth had been working in the Gulf for the past two years before he returned to India on June 27.

— PoliceProviding background on the victim's recent activities.

During interrogation, it emerged that an earlier attempt to kill Prashanth by pushing him off a terrace had failed. Police detailed how Anil's friend visited Prashanth's home on June 29, plied him with alcohol, and then pushed him from the terrace as instructed by Sandhya. Prashanth survived this fall but sustained serious injuries. Sandhya then reportedly convinced him he had fallen accidentally due to intoxication and had him admitted to a hospital.

The police said Sandhya considered him an obstacle to her extramarital relationship with Anil.

— Police officialsFurther elaborating on the motive.

Following his discharge, Sandhya allegedly proceeded with the fatal plan. As part of the conspiracy, she injected the lethal combination of toilet cleaner and sleeping pills into her husband's IV line while he was in bed, leading to his death. The trio's plan was to make the death appear natural or accidental.

During interrogation by the authorities, it came to light that the accused killed Prashanth after an earlier attempt to kill him by pushing him off a terrace failed.

— Police officialsRevealing details about a prior murder attempt.
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Originally published by The Straits Times in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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