Overview
- The victim, an ice-cream seller named Bablu, was killed around noon Saturday in Parsawal in Barabanki’s Tikaitnagar area after a brief argument with local resident Shankar Yadav.
- Police say Yadav beheaded Bablu, carried the head to his hut, and was found trying to burn it when officers arrived.
- Officers arrested the suspect at the hut, recovered the severed head and torso along with a sharp-edged weapon, and secured the village during the search.
- An FIR was filed on the victim’s father’s complaint, and the body was sent for post-mortem as investigators question the accused and witnesses.
- Superintendent of Police Arpit Vijayvargiya said the killing appears tied to a minor dispute or possible instability, and findings from interrogation and medical checks will guide next legal steps; Bablu leaves a wife and two young children.