Lady Singham:Senior geologist found murdered at her residence in Bengaluru

Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)

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45-year-old senior geologist working at the department of mines and geology,was found murdered at her house in Doddakallsandra in Subramanyapura police station limits on Sunday.

The deceased identified as Prathima, KS,was living alone.

Senior officers as,Addl CP West,Satheesh Kumar,DCP South,Rahul Kumar Shahpurwad with FSL team,dog squad visited the spot and after inspecting the spot said,Investigations revealed that Prathima returned home from work and the driver left to his house after dropping her and parked the official vehicle near her house.

The murder came to light when deceased brother called her and since no response he went and checked at the house to find her dead in a pool of blood with throat slit .

The police rushed to the spot and gathered CCtV footage and shifted the body for post-mortem.Initial probe revealed that someone know to her could have murdered her.

Three special team formed and police are questioning the domestic help to gather more information to ascertain the cause of murder said a senior officer.