‘I killed my wife, and this is her head': Bengaluru man surrenders at police station after chilling murder
Police officers at the Suryanagar station in Bengaluru were left stunned in the early hours of Saturday when a man arrived carrying his wife's severed head on a scooter and calmly surrendered.
The incident unfolded around 1 am when M Shankar, 26, pulled up on a gearless scooter outside the police station.
Three constables and an assistant sub-inspector, who were preparing for night patrol, noticed the severed head of a woman placed on the vehicle's footboard.
'We asked who he was and why he had come. Calmly, he said in Kannada, 'I've come to surrender. I killed my wife, and this is her head,' recalled one of the officers present at the police station.
The victim was identified as S Manasa, 26.
The couple lived in Heelalige and worked in an industrial area—Shankar as an assistant manager at a battery manufacturing unit in Bommanahalli, and Manasa at a nearby factory.
According to police sources, the marriage had been troubled due to Shankar's suspicions about his wife's alleged relationship with a co-worker.
The situation escalated on May 3 when Shankar claimed he caught Manasa with her alleged lover at their home after returning early from work.
Following this incident, Manasa left home and moved into a paying guest accommodation near her workplace, leaving their three-year-old daughter with her parents in Hebbagodi.
Shankar subsequently filed a missing person complaint at the same police station, where he would later surrender.
Police officers contacted Manasa and facilitated a brief mediation session, after which she returned home with Shankar in what appeared to be an attempt at reconciliation.
However, tensions boiled over again on Friday evening.
Neighbours reported hearing a heated argument between the couple, followed by sounds of violence.
During the altercation, Shankar allegedly retrieved a knife from the kitchen and beheaded his wife.
Police sources said Shankar sat beside the body for some time before deciding to surrender.
He then placed the severed head on his scooter and rode to the police station.
Shankar has been arrested and charged with murder.
The couple's three-year-old daughter is now in the care of her maternal grandparents.
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