Bitter tasting smoothie, secret Secunderabad girlfriend: techie arrested in US for spouse’s homicide | India Information
3 min learnHyderabadUp to date: Jul 8, 2026 09:28 PM IST
A bitter-tasting smoothie, a secret girlfriend and homicide made to seem like suicide – that’s what police in Bellevue, Washington, say they uncovered in a nine-month investigation into the loss of life of a 27-year-old Hyderabad lady in her condo. They’ve now arrested her 30-year-old software program engineer husband for the killing.
On June 27, Secunderabad native N. Avinash was arrested on prices of murdering his spouse, Rajita Sabbineni, and produced in court docket there on July 1. Investigators declare Avinash strangled his spouse on October 27, 2025, and tried to make it seem like suicide. Police declare the investigation that adopted confirmed that Avinash, at the moment unemployed, had been having an affair with a lady he met earlier than he married Rajita.
Based on police, Avinash had been in a relationship with the girl however didn’t inform his dad and mom, who organized his marriage to Rajita, who additionally had a US work visa. Police declare his girlfriend additionally attended the marriage on June 5 final yr.
Investigators declare it was solely later that Rajita found that though Avinash claimed to work for a multinational expertise firm, he had misplaced his job. In textual content messages she despatched her husband days earlier than she died, she complained that the smoothies he made for her “with love” tasted bitter, typically like cough syrup. It’s as but unclear if something was combined in them.
Based on police, on the day of her loss of life on October 27, Avinash referred to as the police himself, claiming that Rajita had locked herself within the toilet. He additionally informed officers that he was not residence when she entered the toilet.
Whereas the case was initially handled as a suicide, investigators allegedly got here to imagine she had been murdered, discovering that solely he had entry to the condo. Avinash, who stays in custody on a USD 5 million bond, later allegedly admitted to sending a photograph of his spouse’s physique to his girlfriend.
Based on investigators, his cell phone data confirmed he referred to as his girlfriend at the very least 4 occasions on the day Rajita died.
