DALLAS: A terrible incident has sent shock waves over the community in East Dallas, Texas after a 50-year-old Indian origin was brutally murdered and decapitated by his colleague in front of his wife and teenage-son.
The cruel incident took place early in the morning of September 10 at Downtown Suites Motel located on Samuell Boulevard, where the victim, Chandra Nagamallaiah, had worked as manager for the last three years.
According to the Dallas police, the dispute began when Nagamallaiah told his employee, Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, not to use a broken washing machine. The argument quickly escalated into a violent confrontation.
Suddenly, Cobos-Martinez pulled out a knife and repeatedly stuck Nagamallaiah and forced him to flee to the motellontor while he was poorly injured. Nagamallaiah’s wife and 18-year-old son, who were already in the office, desperately tried to intervene, but Cobos-Martinez was unstoppable.
The suspect decapitated Nagamallaiah in front of his family and then kicked the cut head towards the parking lot before later placed it in a dumpster. The cool scene was caught on Motel’s security cameras, which showed a trace of blood that extends from space to front office.
US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) called the killing “unthinkable” and admitted that Cobos-Martinez had been released from ICE parenting authority earlier in 2025 under a supervisory service due to the lack of accessible deportation flights to Cuba.
IS acknowledged that afterwards you would have been a mistake to release him and that he should not have been free.
The suspect, a Cuban citizen, has now been arrested and charged with murder of capital. He is currently being held in prison in Dallas County, and detectives have obtained a search statement to collect additional evidence from the crime scene.
Nagamallaiah, originally from the Indian state of Karnataka, was known as a hard -working, honest and family -oriented man who deeply used to his loved ones.
India’s Consulate General in Houston expressed deep grief over the incident and said:
“We are in continuous contact with the deprived family and provide all possible help. The defendant is in the Dallas Police’s custody, and we closely monitor the case.”
The shocking murder has not only left Indian society, but also other Asian immigrant groups in deep sorrow and anger.
On Social Media Platform X (formerly Twitter), many users expressed indignation over the lack of mainstream media coverage and raised serious concerns about the security of immigrant workers and the rising events with anti-Asia.
