Bengaluru law student dies after man stabs her for rejecting his brother's marriage proposal

BENGALURU: A law student in her 20s succumbed to her injuries after battling for life for more than 48 hours. She had been stabbed by the brother of a man whose marriage proposal she had rejected. The attack took place in Kodihalli on HAL Road on July 13.The victim, identified as Amrutha, was attacked on the evening of July 13 and died in hospital on the evening of July 15, despite doctors' efforts to save her.Based on the preliminary investigation, police said Amrutha, the accused Dhanush, and his younger brother Surya were all from the same locality.The two families became acquainted while participating in religious gatherings, through which Amrutha and Dhanush developed a close friendship that eventually blossomed into a romantic relationship.However, the relationship took a turn after Amrutha allegedly discovered that Dhanush had concealed a crucial part of his past — that he had previously been married, was divorced,…