The accused had set up a WhatsApp group called “Mission Yamini Priya” to plan the crime and gather information on the victim.
Published Oct 18, 2025 | 2:10 PM ⚊ Updated Oct 18, 2025 | 2:10 PM
Srirampura police arrested Vignesh alias Sanjay (26), a habitual offender, and his friend Harish (30), a daily wage worker. Credit: Supplied
Synopsis: In Bengaluru, 20-year-old B Pharmacy student Yamini Priya was brutally murdered by Vignesh, 26, after rejecting his marriage proposal. Vignesh, aided by friend Harish, 30, slit her throat and stabbed her face near a railway track. The duo was arrested on 17 October. The case, planned via a WhatsApp group, has sparked outrage over Karnataka’s deteriorating law and order.
In a case that shocked Bengaluru, a 20-year-old B Pharmacy student was murdered just because she spurned the advances of a man who proposed to her.
The victim has been identified as Yamini Priya. She was a resident of Swatantra Palya and a student at a private college in Banashankari.
The accused, Vignesh, allegedly killed Yamini on 16 October by slitting her throat and stabbing her multiple times in the face with a knife because she rejected his marriage proposal. The incident took place near a railway track in the IT capital.
After committing the murder, the accused was helped by his friend Harish who assisted him in fleeing from the crime scene.
On Friday, the Srirampura police arrested Vignesh alias Sanjay (26), a habitual offender, and his friend Harish (30), a daily wage worker. They were arrested from Soladevanahalli in northwestern Bengaluru.
It is alleged that the accused had set up a WhatsApp group called “Mission Yamini Priya” to plan the crime and gather information about her movements and interactions.
Babasab Nemagoud, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) speaking to the media said: “Information was received about a woman’s body being found near a railway track under Srirampura limits. Verification by our officials was found to be the body of a woman aged about 20 years with injuries on her face and neck.”
On 17 October, R Ashoka, Leader of Opposition, posted on X his letter to the National Commission for Women on the law and order situation in Karnataka.
“Law & order in Karnataka has COLLAPSED. In just 4 months, 979 sexual assaults on girls. Bengaluru alone: 114+ cases. Our women & children are living in fear due to the @INCKarnataka government’s criminal inaction. From the brutal rape and murder of a tribal girl in Mysuru to the tragic suicide of a librarian in Kalaburagi due to harassment – this is a moral and administrative failure. I have written an urgent letter to the National Commission for Women, demanding immediate intervention. We need a fact-finding team in Karnataka NOW.”
The law & order in Karnataka has COLLAPSED.
In just 4 months, 979 sexual assaults on girls. Bengaluru alone: 114+ cases. Our women & children are living in fear due to the @INCKarnataka government’s criminal inaction.
From the brutal rape and murder of a tribal girl in Mysuru… pic.twitter.com/J4DijHlCAx
— R. Ashoka (@RAshokaBJP) October 17, 2025
(Edited by Amit Vasudev)
