Man beheads wife, carries her head to police post & surrenders
In a shocking incident, a man allegedly beheaded his 50-year-old wife in a fit of rage following an argument, the police said.
The 52-year-old man then walked to a nearby police outpost, carrying the severed head of his wife in his hands, and surrendered, officials said.
According to the police, the victim Usha Devi and her husband Ram Sewak had an argument over a family matter. "Sewak brutally killed his wife with a 'khurpa' (shovel like tool) and beheaded her. He then went to the Behjam police outpost with his wife's severed head and surrendered. A case of murder has been lodged and Ram Sewak has been sent to jail," Neemgaon, station officer, DK Singh said.
Singh
said
the
couple,
residents
of
Behjam
in
this
district,
had
gone
to
their
fields
this
morning.
"They
had
an
argument
following
which
Ram
Sewak
lost
his
cool
and
killed
his
wife.
The
villagers
claimed
that
Ram
Sewak
was
mentally
unstable,
and
had
once
earlier
even
chased
his
brother
in
a
fit
of
anger.
However,
this
is
yet
to
be
proved,"
Singh
said.
PTI