Man Beheads his Colleague

Sandeep Mishra, works as a machine operator at an automobile company

New Delhi: In Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, A man invited his colleague for a drink, beheaded him, and then slept next to the body before throwing the severed head in a garbage dump the next day, the police said.

Sandeep Mishra, who works as a machine operator at an automobile ancillary company, was upset with his senior name Pramod Kumar - for complaining about his work to seniors, they said.

This crime took place on Sunday; and opened up on Monday when Pramod Kumar's wife, who stays 300 km away in Kasganj, was unable to contact him and arrived at the house of Sandeep after hearing that his husband had an argument recently with him.

The woman reportedly entered the house, saw blood and raised an alarm.

When the police broke into the house, they found the body inside.

Sandeep Mishra was caught skulking near his house. The severed head and the knife he used were found from a garbage dump 500 metres from his home.

Gyanendra Kumar, a police officer, said, "The wife of the deceased, Meera Devi, who lived in Kasganj, dialed Pramod Kumar several times but wasn't able to make contact. She then reached Ghaziabad and visited the house which was locked. Since she knew that Sandeep Mishra worked with him, she visited his house and found the dead body. Sandeep Mishra was apprehended from near his home."

Pramod Kumar and Sandeep Mishra lived close to each other, not with their family. But a recent fight during which Pramod Kumar had blamed Sandeep Mishra for a machine breakdown had grudges between the two.

On Sunday, Sandeep invited Pramod Kumar for a drink to his room. According to the police, their factory quarrel came up and they started bickering again.

When Pramod Kumar was heavily drunk, Sandeep allegedly killed him with a knife. At night he then slept with the body, took the severed head in a plastic bag the next day and threw it in the garbage dump which was near his home.

He then spent his next day at home only, fearing he would be caught any time.

During his interrogation, Sandeep Mishra told the police that he did not go to the factory the next day and roamed the streets while tracking his house in fear.