<p>The police have finally got the better of a 21-year-old history-sheeter, who not only decapitated a youth and dumped his severed head in Doddaballapur, but also filed an attempted murder case against his victim’s friends to mislead the officers. The motive for the gruesome crime was a fight over a motorbike. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Pawan had vowed revenge after Upendra, of Karenahalli, and his friend, Ashok, snatched his two-wheeler when he was returning home. Ashok got onto the motorcycle, while Upendra grabbed the pillion. They abused him and sped away. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Pawan laid a trap for Ashok. On May 29, he invited Upendra for talks through his associates. Once Upendra arrived, Pawan attacked him and beheaded him with a machete. He then buried the torso and the machete in a dried-up lakebed. He put the severed head in a plastic bag and threw it behind a house in Chikkapete, Doddaballapur. He then headed to the police station and filed a complaint that Ashok and his associates had attacked him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police booked Ashok for attempted murder and arrested him and his four friends. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Son missing</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, Upendra’s father went to the police, saying his son has been missing. A few days later, the police found the severed head and summoned Upendra’s father. He positively identified the head.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police then picked up the associates of both Upendra and Pawan. They learnt that Pawan had a fight with Ashok and Upendra over a motorbike. When interrogated, Pawan narrated the whole story, said Bhimashankar Guled, Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru Rural. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The police have recovered the torso and the machete, he added.</p>
<p>The police have finally got the better of a 21-year-old history-sheeter, who not only decapitated a youth and dumped his severed head in Doddaballapur, but also filed an attempted murder case against his victim’s friends to mislead the officers. The motive for the gruesome crime was a fight over a motorbike. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Pawan had vowed revenge after Upendra, of Karenahalli, and his friend, Ashok, snatched his two-wheeler when he was returning home. Ashok got onto the motorcycle, while Upendra grabbed the pillion. They abused him and sped away. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Pawan laid a trap for Ashok. On May 29, he invited Upendra for talks through his associates. Once Upendra arrived, Pawan attacked him and beheaded him with a machete. He then buried the torso and the machete in a dried-up lakebed. He put the severed head in a plastic bag and threw it behind a house in Chikkapete, Doddaballapur. He then headed to the police station and filed a complaint that Ashok and his associates had attacked him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police booked Ashok for attempted murder and arrested him and his four friends. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Son missing</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, Upendra’s father went to the police, saying his son has been missing. A few days later, the police found the severed head and summoned Upendra’s father. He positively identified the head.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police then picked up the associates of both Upendra and Pawan. They learnt that Pawan had a fight with Ashok and Upendra over a motorbike. When interrogated, Pawan narrated the whole story, said Bhimashankar Guled, Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru Rural. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The police have recovered the torso and the machete, he added.</p>