A man in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district was arrested for allegedly beheading his wife after she did not serve him dinner, the police said on Thursday.
The accused killed his wife, decapitated her, and skinned her body.
The body of a 35-year-old woman, identified as Pushpa, was found inside the kitchen of her house in the Tumakuru district’s Huliyurudurga village where she lived with her husband Shivaram.
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The couple had been married for over 10 years and lived in a rented house with their eight-year-old son, NDTV reported.
According to the police, they argued on Monday night when Shivaram, who worked at a sawmill, returned home from work. The couple had frequent fights over Shivaram’s job, police said.
As the fight escalated, Pushpa refused to serve him dinner. Enraged by this, Shivaram used a machete to stab and behead her, police said. He spent the night skinning her body and chopping it into pieces, police said, NDTV reported.
He continued to skin her body until Tuesday dawn and informed his landlord about his crime.
The couple’s eight-year-old son was asleep during the horrific act.
“A 35-year-old female’s body was found at the spot. Her husband was also at the spot. During questioning, he confessed to the murder,” Ashok Venkat, Tumakuru Superintendent of Police, told India Today.