Woman attacks daughter with machete in suspected case of human sacrifice
Bengaluru (PTI): Police are probing a suspected case of human sacrifice after a 25-year-old woman was brutally attacked by her mother inside a temple in northeastern Bengaluru.
According to police, the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon.
The victim suffered deep neck injuries when her 55 year-old mother attacked her with a machete after morning prayers at the Harihareshwara Temple in Agrahara Layout, off Thanisandra Main Road.
She was rushed to a private hospital, where her condition is said to be critical.
According to police, the women reached the temple around 4.30 am on Wednesday, prayed briefly, and then sat down when the attack unfolded.
Her screams alerted passersby, who pulled the mother away before calling police.
"There has been an incident where a woman attacked her daughter with a machete and injured her grievously.
The incident has been captured on CCTV cameras. We are reviewing the footage," a police officer told PTI.
The injured woman lives with her husband, a weaver from Anekal, while her mother stays with her elderly father in Sampigehalli.
Police said the woman frequently argued with her husband and would return to her mother's home. The two women had recently been performing special poojas seeking relief from her marital problems.
The accused had allegedly consulted an astrologer who reportedly advised a human sacrifice during a specific hour.
Police are now trying to trace the astrologer for questioning while they wait for the injured woman to recover to record her statement and reconstruct the sequence of events.
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Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge met a high-level delegation from Chile, led by Chilean Foreign Minister Francisco Pérez Mackenna, at Vidhana Soudha on Thursday to discuss collaboration in emerging technologies, clean energy, and startup ecosystems, officials said.
The delegation’s visit to Bengaluru, as part of its India engagements, underscores Karnataka’s growing prominence as a preferred partner for global collaborations in technology, innovation, and startup ecosystems, officials added.
The discussions reflected strong alignment between Chile’s evolving technology-focused growth strategy and Karnataka’s established leadership in innovation and deep-tech ecosystems, according to a statement.
Both sides explored opportunities to build partnerships that move beyond traditional sectors and focus on innovation-led growth, talent exchange, and market access.
The meeting focused on opportunities in renewable energy, including green hydrogen and sustainable industrial innovation.
Other potential areas of collaboration included marine biotechnology, aquaculture technologies, and AI applications across traditional industries.
According to the state IT minister, Karnataka is now a global hub for deep-tech, AI, biotech, aerospace, and advanced research, backed by one of the world’s strongest talent pipelines.
“As partners under the global innovation alliance, we must move beyond agreements on paper to actionable collaboration,” Kharge said.
“We are keen to work with Chile on startup exchanges, market access programmes, and building joint innovation corridors, including R&D centres, incubators, and accelerators. Chile’s position as a gateway to Latin America presents a significant opportunity for our startups to scale globally,” he added.
Officials said the engagement builds on the Letter of Intent signed between the Government of Karnataka and the Government of Chile during the Bengaluru Tech Summit, which established a framework for collaboration in startups, emerging technologies, research, and skill development under the Global Innovation Alliance.
Mackenna, Chile’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, said the country is actively advancing its transition toward a knowledge- and technology-driven economy.
“Our engagement with Karnataka reflects our interest in building strong innovation partnerships that enable technology exchange, talent collaboration, and access to dynamic startup ecosystems,” he added.
“We see significant potential to work together in sectors such as clean energy, digital technologies, and emerging industries, while also strengthening Chile’s role as a bridge between India and Latin America,” he said.
