In a chilling incident, a man hacked his wife to death, beheaded, chopped her into pieces and then deskinned her at in Karnataka’s Tumkuru.
The barbaric incident took place in Huliyurudurga town of Kunigal taluk.
The accused, Shivarama, a labourer at a sawmill, stabbed Pushpalatha (35) with a knife after she did not serve him dinner and they had a heated argument on Monday night. Following which he severed her head with a machete, dismembered her body and kept on skinning the body until dawn. Shivarama then informed his landlord about the crime.
The couple’s eight-year-old son was asleep during the gruesome murder.
When the police arrived, they were left shocked on seeing the crime scene. Pushpalatha’s body was lying in a pool of blood. Her veins and intestines are visible as her skin was peeled off by her husband. Her severed head is seen next to her body.
Later, they arrested the accused and started a probe into the matter.
According to sources, Shivarama and Pushpalatha met at a workplace and got married 10 years ago. They lived in Bengaluru and Kunigal for some years before shifting to Hosapete Extension of Huliyurudurga a couple of years ago.