Times of India has reported eye witness reports on the incident.

Eyewitnesses said the gory act took place around 2pm when S L Rajappa, an advocate, stopped J S Naveena between court number three and four. They seemed to have a short, hissy conversation after which Rajappa pulled out a knife and stabbed her in the chest, slashed her head and slit her throat. A heavily bleeding Naveena collapsed right there even as Rajappa tried to stab himself. 

Azeemuddin, an advocate on his way to the washroom, witnessed the macabre drama. "It was lunch hour. When I went to the washroom, I saw the two speaking with each other near court hall 4. Then, as I came out, I saw the girl fall down with blood gushing out of her wounds. The next moment I saw that senior counsel Subrahmanya Jois was trying to give her water," Azeemuddin said. 

He says he had barely recovered from the sight when he turned to see Rajappa trying to stab himself. "I tried to stop him, but he pointed the dagger towards me menacingly. I shouted that I would call the police. He ran to the washroom and locked himself in. The police arrived and broke open the door. He was inside with injuries to his chest with a bottle of poison next to him," Azeemuddin added. 

Senior advocate Jois recalled: "It was probably 1:52 pm when I saw a man and a woman (the young advocates) in the court corridor. Suddenly, I heard the woman scream. Blood gushed out of her wounds, and her voice was hoarse," he said. 

"I yelled for the police, and tried to get the man who was running away. He ran towards the washroom, knife in hand. I locked it from outside as he bolted himself in. I rushed back to the spot where the girl had collapsed and gave her some water, but she couldn't drink. There was no police at the spot because it was lunch hour," Jois added. 

DNA spoke to the family of the murdered advocate Naveena.

“They were not in favour of Naveena practicing law in Bangalore,” her uncle JV Narayanaswamy said. “They wanted her to get married and settle down in Chintamani.”

She graduated from a college in Kolar and finished her five-year law course also in Kolar, her uncle said. “She wanted to practise law and that was the reason she chose to come to Bangalore. She was the eldest child in the family. She had two younger brothers”

“She was determined to excel,” her close friend Manjula, who was also her classmate, said. Manjula was one of the last persons Naveena saw before she was murdered.

She said Naveena had never mentioned Rajappa’s name to her. “Naveena was a very dear friend. I’ve known her for five years,” she said. “I had spoken to her a few minutes before the incident. She did not sound disturbed,” Manjula said.