Bengaluru physiotherapist found dead in Nandi Hills homestay, boyfriend hospitalised

While the Karnataka police are yet to confirm whether it was a suicide bid by the couple, the woman's mother alleged that her boyfriend had murdered her.

Bengaluru deathSai Surabhi, the physiotherapist who was found dead at a Karnataka homestay and Sanjeeth Ali, a cab driver from Kerala (right). (Express/Special arrangement, enhanced with AI)
3 min readJun 30, 2026 07:18 PM IST First published on: Jun 30, 2026 at 10:27 AM IST

A 24-year-old physiotherapist was found dead inside a homestay near Nandi Hills in Karnataka’s Chickballapur district on Monday morning, with her boyfriend lying unconscious beside her in what police suspect was a case of murder followed by an attempted suicide.

The deceased has been identified as Sai Surabhi, a resident of Banashankari in Bengaluru and an employee at Satya Sai Hospital in Muddenahalli. The body was allegedly found with a rope wound around her neck, the police said.

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Her boyfriend, Sanjeeth Ali, an engineering graduate-turned-cab driver from Kerala’s Kozhikode and currently working in Bengaluru, is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital. Chikkaballapur Superintendent of Police Kushal Choksi said Ali is out of danger. “A diary was found in the room, and a note has been written in it. We are not sure who has written in it. Once Ali recovers, we will record his statement,” the officer added.

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