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Karnataka doctor death case: 45-year-old found lying in a pool of blood

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A doctor was found dead in a pool of blood in his apartment and his eight-year-old son was left battling for life in Dharwad on Wednesday. The police have taken into custody the doctor’s wife, who is also a doctor, in connection with the crime. Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar who visited the scene of crime gave the name of the deceased as 45-year-old Kiran Honnannavar. He was an anaesthetist working in a private hospital and a resident of Ranko Stello File photo of Dr Kiran Honnannanavar and Dr Priyanka Gaddanahalli Dharwad : A 45-year-old doctor was stabbed to death at his residence in Dharwad Wednesday night, while his eight-year-old mentally challenged son was found severely injured. The deceased has been identified as Dr Kiran Honnannanavar, an anaesthesiologist at a private hospital. He was stabbed multiple times at his flat in Ranka Stello Apartment on Karnatak University Road. Police shifted him to a hospital. Dr Kiran lived with his wife, Dr A 45-year-old anesthesiologist was found murdered inside his apartment in Karnataka's Dharwad, while his eight-year-old son was found with stab injuries. The doctor has been identified as Dr Kiran Honannavar, an anesthesiologist at Chirayu Hospital. His wife, Dr Priyanka, an ophthalmologist, has been taken into custody for questioning. Their son has been admitted to a private hospital and is undergoing treatment. According to Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner N Shashikumar, preliminary investigation suggests that no outsider is believed to have entered the A 45-year-old anesthesiologist was found murdered inside his apartment in Karnataka’s Dharwad, while his eight-year-old son sustained multiple stab injuries in the same house. Police have taken the doctor’s wife into custody for questioning as they investigate what they suspect may have stemmed from a domestic dispute. Investigators said there was no immediate indication that an outsider had entered the apartment, which is located inside a high-security residential complex. According to police, only the doctor, his wife and their son

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