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Chandra Mouli Nagamalliah was beheaded in front of his wife and son after a dispute over a broken washing machine with a co-worker.
The victim (L)/ the accused seen walking after dumping the severed head (R) (Social Media/Video screengrab)
The murder of an Indian-origin motel manager in Texas has left his family devastated. 50-year-old Chandra Mouli Nagamalliah, originally from Karnataka, was killed on Friday following a dispute over a broken washing machine. His mother, 80-year-old Veerabadramma, is not just shocked but is having a hard time processing the death of her son.
“She was really shocked. She was crying and said that he is the one who has to conduct her last rites, and now I have to conduct his last rites. This situation must not befall any mother,” she was saying, said BS Venkatesh, her neighbour in Bangalore, who spoke to her on the night she received the news.
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“Nagamalliah was younger than me, but we were good friends. He was the youngest of four children. He belonged to a Naidu family hailing originally from Andhra Pradesh but all children were brought up in Bengaluru. His father worked as a contractor for HAL. He was a jolly person who was never angry. When we teased or made fun of him, he would just laugh it away,” Venkatesh was quoted as saying by the Indian Express.
Meanwhile, with the brutal incident coming to light, several renowned personalities have taken to social media platforms, raising concern over the law and order situation and also questioning why the accused with a prior criminal history was set free.
US Republican Vivek Ramaswamy took to X and wrote, “An innocent Dallas hotel manager was brutally beheaded in front of his wife & son, by an illegal migrant who had a final order of removal & such a bad criminal history that Cuba refused to accept him. He was released on Jan 13, right before Biden left office. This is horrific. It’s time to restore the rule of law.”
Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, the accused in the case, who was arrested for beheading his colleague, is a Cuban citizen. He has a prior criminal record in the Dallas County Jail and was released from jail recently.
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Anushka Vats is a Sub-Editor at News18.com with a passion for storytelling and a curiosity that extends beyond the newsroom. She covers both national and international news. For more stories, you can follow her…Read More
Anushka Vats is a Sub-Editor at News18.com with a passion for storytelling and a curiosity that extends beyond the newsroom. She covers both national and international news. For more stories, you can follow her… Read More
September 14, 2025, 11:08 IST
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