In Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki, man decapitates wife, walks with her severed head for 1.5 km before being arrested

In a horrifying incident, a man in Uttar Pradesh' Barabanki district on Saturday decapitated his wife and walked with her severed head for almost one and a half kilometres before he was arrested

|Feb 01, 2020, 21:29:05 IST

Barabanki: In a horrifying incident, a man in Uttar Pradesh' Barabanki district on Saturday decapitated his wife and walked with her severed head for almost one and a half kilometres before he was arrested.Police identified the accused as Akhikesh Rawat (30) of Bahadurpur village.[caption id="attachment_4363465" align="alignleft" width="380"]

Representational image. AFP[/caption]They said that Rawat was married almost two years ago and had a daughter, who had died due to illness."On Saturday afternoon, Rawat had a quarrel with his wife Rajani (25). He dragged his wife out of his house and killed her using a sharp-edged weapon."After killing her, he took the severed head and started walking towards Jahangirabad police station," a police official said.According to the police, he walked for almost one and a half kilometres and was moving towards Jahangirabad police station when he was arrested near Kadirpur village."The case will be thoroughly probed," Superintendent of Police Arvind Chaturvedi said.

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