UP man beheads ice-cream seller, cooks meal as severed head kept nearby

The victim was identified as Bablu, who had gone to the Parsawal village in Barabanki to sell ice cream, when a quarrel broke out between him and Babu.

A 25-year-old ice-cream seller was beheaded by 50-year-old Shankar Babu in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki after a verbal argument, following which Babu took the head of the seller back to his house.

The victim was identified as Bablu, who had gone to the Parsawal village in Barabanki to sell ice cream.

As the argument escalated, Babu took out a sickle, and severed Bablu's head in public and carried it to his house, according to reports.

When the police visited Babu's house to arrest him, he was found cooking while the severed head was kept nearby, NDTV reported.

Details of the argument, and the motive behind the crime, are yet to be ascertained.

Babu was arrested, the severed body part was recovered and the murder weapon was seized.

Bablu is survived by his wife and his two children. He was the eldest of three brothers and had been supporting the family through his ice cream business.

Bablu's body has been sent for post-mortem examination.