Investigation indicates that Bhuvaneswari was murdered, the police said
Days after a charred corpse of 27-year-old techie was found in a suitcase in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati, the police today arrested the woman's husband in the case.
Bhuvaneswari worked for Cognizant in Hyderabad. Her husband, Maramreddy Sreekanth Reddy, an engineer, was arrested near Vijaywada using mobile tracking system, said the police.
It may be recalled that after her almost fully burnt body was found near Ruia hospital on June 23, the Tirupati Alipiri police, who took up the investigation, arrested a taxi driver on suspicion the next day, on June 24.
In the interrogation that followed, the taxi driver revealed that Reddy, the prime accused in the case, carrying a heavy suitcase along with his child travelled in his cab from the apartment and back.
The child was left in the vehicle while the accused set ablaze the body, the driver alleged.
The CCTV footage of the apartment was provided by Bhuvaneswari's relative Mamatha, who is a trainee SI in Kadapa.
The footage shows Reddy bringing in a suitcase into their home, holding his toddler-daughter and rolling the big suitcase with the other hand.
Later, he is seen struggling to hold the baby and also rolling out the suitcase, now apparently heavy.
The video evidence coupled with the information received from the taxi driver helped the police zero in on Srikanth Reddy, police added.
The police said Reddy, during the interrogation, denied killing his wife and maintained that her death was due to an accidental fall on the floor at their home in the apartment complex.
Reddy and Bhuvaneswari got married two-and-half years back after they fell in love with each other.
Both were working in the same Hyderabad-based software company and she came to Tirupati on the request of her husband, according to police.
It is learnt that the couple had frequent quarrels during the last few months.
