Man beheads wife, places severed head at doorstep of her suspected lover

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HYDERABAD

A man decapitated his wife and later placed her severed head at the doorstep of a man, she was allegedly having an affair with.

The incident took place in Sangareddy district, Telangana on Wednesday night.

According to police, the man identified as Jurru Sayilu beheaded his wife identified as Amshamma (35) with an axe at their house in Anantasagar village.

Later, he carried the severed head on his two-wheeler to Narayankhed, about 5-km away, and placed it at the doorstep of a man he suspected of having an affair with her.

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Narayankhed police inspector Ravinder Reddy said Sayilu had a suspicion that his wife had an extra-marital relationship with another man. He used to frequently fight with her over this.

The couple had a heated argument on Wednesday night and, in a fit of rage, he picked up an axe and attacked her. He separated her head from the body.

The police officer said Sayilu threw the headless body in the bushes near his house and carried the head to Narayanakhed. The accused later went to the police station and surrendered.