BENGALURU, KA — In a shocking revelation that has sent ripples through both the criminal underworld and the self-help community, notorious serial killer Ajay “The Candor Strangler” Sharma announced Monday that he has found a method far deadlier than knives, poison, or blunt instruments — unfiltered honesty.
According to investigators, Sharma stumbled upon the discovery while attending mandatory therapy as part of a plea bargain. “I just told my girlfriend what I actually thought of her new haircut,” Sharma confessed from his holding cell. “Within seconds, the relationship flatlined. No struggle, no evidence, no cleanup. Just one cold, clean truth — and she was gone.”
Authorities say Sharma has since confessed to “murdering” over a dozen relationships through direct statements such as “I’m not ready for commitment,” “Your jokes aren’t funny,” and the especially gruesome, “I don’t actually like your family.”
“This man is a monster,” said CBI profiler Nusrat Saeed. “He shows no remorse before dropping statements like ‘I need space’ or ‘You’re just like your mother.’ Victims often never recover.”
Experts warn that honesty, while legal, is one of the most effective relationship-ending weapons known to psychology. “One moment, a couple is holding hands,” said relationship counselor Dr. Naina Singh. “Then one partner says, ‘I find your friend more attractive,’ and — poof — emotional homicide. No body, but definitely a crime scene.”
Neighbors described Sharma as “quiet, polite, and devastatingly truthful.” “He once told me my lasagna tasted like wet cardboard,” said one shaken acquaintance. “I didn’t talk to him again for months. The man kills connections like a professional.”
Since the revelation, authorities have issued a nationwide advisory urging citizens to use honesty “only in well-ventilated emotional environments and under professional supervision.”
Meanwhile, Sharma maintains he’s misunderstood. “People think I’m cruel,” he said, calmly sharpening a metaphorical truth. “But I only give relationships the one thing they can’t survive — sincerity.”
At press time, Sharma had reportedly begun testing an even more lethal method: radical transparency.