Mentally deranged man shot dead after he beheads three in Karnataka village

A mentally deranged man was shot dead by the police after he beheaded three unsuspecting fellow villagers in Manvi in north Karnataka’s Raichur district.

Police said Bheemanna, 35, who was wandering in the lanes of the village on Saturday armed with an axe, suddenly went berserk attacking the villagers. His first victim Hanumantha Naik, who was entering the village, was caught off-guard when Bheemanna pounced on him with the axe. After cutting Naik’s head, Bheemanna severed his legs from the body and threw them on the roadside.

His second victim Dyavala Sab was returning from the fields when the insane Bheemanna pushed him to the ground from behind and tied up his hands. Next, he beheaded Dyavala Sab, much to the horror of the villagers.

Soon thereafter, Bheemanna rushed towards Mallappa, who was selling utensils in the village. Mallappa too met the same fate as Naik and Dyavala Sab.

Even as the panic-stricken villagers ran indoors, Bheemanna picked up Mallappa’s body on a hay stack and burnt it. Though a few bold villagers threw stones at the madman and forced him to run for cover, he returned menacingly with the blood-stained axe in his hand.

Soon, a message was sent to the Manvi police station following which a police sub inspector and a constable arrived in the village. But, Bheemanna turned his wrath on the policemen, who initially ran into a house and bolted from inside. But, they emerged from their hiding and chased the madman on a motorcycle in the village.

When the policemen’s pleas to Bheemanna to surrender fell on deaf ears, the sub inspector received orders from higher authorities to shoot down the insane killer. When Bheemanna refused to surrender, the police opened fire on him and killed him.