Bengaluru: In a disgraceful case from Bengaluru, 59-year-old Padmini Rani Bhimaneni was jailed for life for killing her 17-year-old daughter Sahitha Shivapriya on the grounds that she failed an exam. A news agency reported that Rani was given a fine of ₹50,000 by the city court, which had delivered the verdict on Tuesday.
The incident happened on April 29, 2024, at the family’s house in Shastrinagar, Banashankari. Earlier, Sahiti had declared that she had achieved 95 percent marks in her II Pre-University (PU) exams. A day before the murder, the truth came out when she confessed to her mother she failed in one subject and even pointed the finger at her mother for not giving her enough emotional support. Rani began to suspect that there was something wrong since Sahiti’s close friend had found out the teen had, in fact, failed in four subjects instead of one.
This caused a heated fight between mother and daughter. When Rani and Sahiti got embroiled in an argument, Rani told the magistrates that he used to whistle at Sahiti and later adapted to her reaction, but Sahiti was rude in return, which further angered Rani. Betrayal, disappointment, fear of being shamed by society for raising an ‘illiterate’ girl in the media and boasting to friends and family about her daughter’s prowess — the combination made Rani lose her temper. After losing control of herself in a fit of uncontrollable rage, she stabbed Sahiti to death with two kitchen knives.
The tragedy of the situation is that the two used to be close. Sahiti was born 16 years after Rani’s marriage and has been her sole supporter since her husband died in 2020 — Bhimaneni Maheshwar Rao. But their relationship had reportedly strained in recent times. Rani, who had had knee replacement surgery, was emotionally abandoned by her daughter when she needed her most, which had a profound mental and emotional impact on where she was and who she was going to be by the time the crime took place.
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