35-year-old homemaker was brutally killed by her techie husband's friend, who was also a software engineer. The incident occurred in Domlur within the Ulsoor police station limits on Monday afternoon.

The deceased has been identified as Prachi Das, originally from Orissa, living in Domlur with her husband Debashish Das. They were married in June, 2014.

Prachi was killed by Basudev Jena, a native of Jagatsinghpur in Orissa, working with a city-based software company. Jena and Debashish lived in the same building till the former moved out a while back.

The additional commissioner of police (law and order) Alok Kumar said, "We are investigating the motive behind the murder. The arrested has been giving us different versions of the story."

The incident came to light at around 3 pm when Saraswathi, the owner of the building, went to check on the commotion from Prachi's house. Saraswathi found Jena with a knife and bloodstains on his body. She started screaming for help. Neighbours rushed to the spot, nabbed Jena and alerted the police. Ulsoor police detained Jena, who allegedly confessed killing Prachi by slitting her throat. During questioning, Debashish revealed having financial problems with Jena. The latter is said to have pending loans to the tune of Rs 1 crore in India and the USA - where he lived for seven years. Debashish is said to have lent him Rs 25,000. Jena was not able to return the amount, police claimed.