Nanjangud, Jan. 27 -- Head smashed, hand severed; two others sustain injuries on hands

A woman's head got smashed and her right hand got severed after she put her head out of the bus window she was travelling. The incident took place in front of a pickle factory at Sindhuvalli village in the taluk on Mysuru-Ooty Highway on Saturday.

The deceased has been identified as Shivalingamma (55), wife of Revanna and a resident of Halahalli village in Gundlupet taluk.

Shivalingamma, who had been to Bengaluru for the engagement ceremony of her brother's daughter, came to Mysuru and stayed overnight at her brother Nanjundaswamy's house.

On Saturday morning, she left for Begur from Mysuru in a KSRTC bus (KA-10-F-0187) and was sitting next to the w...