Ex-Karnataka DGP Om Prakash's Wife Pallavi Alleges Top Cop 'Poisoned', Made Her 'Hostage' At Home

The wife of former Karnataka police chief Om Prakash, who has been detained following the retired officer's brutal murder at his Bengaluru residence, had accused him of poisoning her and claimed she was being held "hostage" in her own home, constantly monitored by his associates.

As per an NDTV report, the messages which were sent by Pallavi to several WhatsApp groups she was part of, paint a troubling picture.

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Investigators have found that Pallavi was suffering from schizophrenia and other mental health conditions.

Her son has also stated in his police complaint that she had been dealing with depression. As such, her claims are being treated with caution.

In one message addressed to a group of IPS officers, Pallavi demanded urgent action against her husband, a 1981-batch IPS officer, insisting that his revolver should be confiscated.

"I am a hostage. Always under surveillance by Om Prakash's agents wherever I go," she wrote.

She alleged that the 68-year-old former police chief had been poisoning her.

"I've been asking him to live separately for years, but nothing changed. Whenever I'm on my own, the same food and water poisoning begins again."

Pallavi also claimed that domestic help were instructed to contaminate her food, and that her daughter Kruthi was suffering too, which is why she could not "remain silent".

Both Pallavi and Kruthi have now been detained, with police investigating whether Kruthi had any involvement in her father's murder.

Pallavi further claimed that even food deliveries were being "adulterated" under her husband's instructions.

"Money makes everything so easy. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely," she stated in one message.

"What should I do? My daughter is suffering. It started recently when she began to speak up," she added.

In another message, she held Om Prakash accountable if anything were to happen to her or Kruthi, "no matter how natural or accidental it may appear".

She said she had been trying to detox herself and her daughter using "ghee and lemon juice".

"With God's grace, I've managed to detox myself every time," she wrote. She also appealed to other IPS officers to request the current Director General of Police to arrange alternative accommodation for her.

Pallavi recounted a disturbing incident in which someone in a van allegedly released some form of powder as she was walking.

"I didn't realise it until much later when my whole upper body started burning," she said.

She explained her reluctance to report these events earlier by saying, "You won't believe me. But the dark world operation is very, very different from our normal world."

Om Prakash was found dead on Sunday evening, with multiple stab wounds. Investigators allege Pallavi tied him up and stabbed him to death.

It has also come to light that this was not the first attack-months earlier, she had allegedly hit him on the head with a stone. Their son, Karthikesh, claimed his mother had been threatening his father for a week, prompting him to temporarily move to his sister's house.

However, Kruthi went there and persuaded him to return. He came back the day of the murder, and a new altercation reportedly broke out soon after.

In his complaint, which led to the FIR, Karthikesh said: "My mother, Pallavi, had been threatening to kill my father, Om Prakash (Retired DGP and IGP), for the past week. Because of these threats, my father had gone to stay at my aunt's residence, Ms Saritha Kumari. Two days ago, my younger sister Kruthi went there and pressured him to return home. She brought him back against his will."

Karthikesh said he wasn't home at the time of the incident, and was informed by a neighbour that his father was lying downstairs.

"I rushed home around 5:45 pm and found police officers and local residents present. My father was lying in a pool of blood with injuries to his head and body. A broken bottle and a knife were found nearby. He was taken to St John's Hospital. My mother and sister have both been struggling with depression and often quarrelled with my father. I firmly believe they were involved in his murder," he stated.