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Bengaluru Man Purchases Sickle, Beheads Wife over Suspected Marital Affair; Rides to Police Station with Severed Head

  • On Friday night, Shankar, a 26-year-old resident of a village close to Chandapura in Bengaluru's outskirts, fatally beheaded his wife Manasa following a domestic argument.
  • The killing followed escalating tensions and frequent fights sparked by Shankar's suspicions of Manasa's extramarital affair despite her denial.
  • Manasa returned home around 8:00 pm to reconcile for their four-year-old daughter's sake, but the attempt led to a violent argument ending in her beheading.
  • Before the attack, Shankar bought a sickle and used it to kill Manasa. He left her body at their home, then rode to the Surya Nagar police station on his scooter with her decapitated head and confessed to the crime.
  • Police arrested Shankar, registered a murder case, and stated that further investigation is underway to determine full circumstances and motive.
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A horrific incident of murder has come to light on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Here a man brutally murdered his wife and himself reached the police station with her severed head on a bike. The accused confessed the entire incident in front of the police, which left the police officers shocked.

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NDTV broke the news in New Delhi, India on Saturday, June 7, 2025.
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