Bengaluru Mason Kills Co-Worker After Dispute Over Cooking Meat During Chhath Puja

Chikkajala Police arrested a 49-year-old mason in Bengaluru for allegedly murdering his co-worker after an argument over cooking non-vegetarian food, mutton, during Chhath Puja at a construction site. The accused, Radheshyam Chauhan, and the victim, Shambu Thanti, 48, both from Bihar, had been working and living together at Navarathna Agrahara for the last two years, as told by the news report.

It looks like Thanti, who was keeping Chhath Puja, did not want Chauhan to cook meat during the festival time. A strong argument broke out on Sunday night, making their supervisor, Surendra Pandit, come in and say he would sort it out the next day.  

What happened the next morning?

On Monday morning, when Pandit could not see Thanti, other workers searched and found him dead with injuries on his face. Chauhan was missing at the time.

What did Chauhan do at the police station?

Soon after the incident occurred, the accused, Radheshyam Chauhan, came to the police station to surrender and confess to the murder of his co-worker, Thanti, near the construction site in Bengaluru. Radheshyam Chauhan punched hard at him and later choked him before giving two more punching hits with a wood log, as per the police statement said on Thursday.  

What is the status of the case now?

The blamed man, Radheshyam Chauhan, is locked up himself, and more looking into the matter led to further escalating the tension. In a different story, Bengaluru police have put a case on a man who shot a rough attack on a woman but did not say anything, even when the bad men were caught earlier this month.  

What took place in the other attack?

The disturbing incident took place last month, on September 21, 2025 on Avenue Road, where a woman was brutally assaulted in the public place by the accused Umed Ram, owner of Maya Silks, and his helper Mahendra Seervi. The two are said to have kicked the woman in the chest and private spots, tried to pull off her clothes, and said bad words for supposedly taking a group of saris the day before.