35-year-old Shruti Narayanan, who was a page editor at international news agency Bengaluru bureau, was found dead in her apartment in ‘Sruthinilayam’ in Bengaluru. Reportedly, she hanged herself when her husband was away from home. Karnataka: Journalist found dead at flat, Relatives Allege Murder.
Journalist was found dead in her Bengaluru flat Karnataka under suspicious circumstances on Thursday. An investigation has been initiated into her death, police said. Sruthi Narayanan, 35, who hailed from Kasaragod in Kerala, and worked as a page editor at Reuters Bengaluru bureau, hanging in her flat on Wednesday.
She was married to Aneesh, also from Kerala, for five years and police claim that the couple had a strained relationship. At the time of her death, her husband was in Kerala, police said. However, Sruthi’s parents and relatives suspected it to be a case of murder, alleging that her husband tortured her and objected to her decision of giving a portion of her income to her parents.
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The family has also alleged that her husband had installed CCTV cameras to monitor her movements, and had also made an attempt to kill her in January. Sruthi was the daughter of former teacher and environmental activist Narayanan Periya and former teacher Satyabhama, who live on Vidyanagar Chala Road. Reuters shared the news of Sruthi’s death via an internal mail on Thursday and held a two-minute silence for her.
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