Guwahati: In a horrifying incident, a 60-year-old man allegedly beheaded his wife over a domestic dispute and walked into a police station with her severed head to surrender in Assam’s Chirang district.
The incident took place on Saturday night at Uttar Ballamguri.
Police said that the accused, Bitish Hajong, used a sharp weapon to behead his wife Bajanti and carried the severed head in the storage basket on his cycle.
He then rode to the Ballamguri police outpost and surrendered before the police, police said.
“The accused is a daily wage worker from Uttar Ballamguri in Chirang district. He beheaded his wife due to domestic issues between them,” police said.
Visuals from the police station showed blood stains on the cycle and the accused in custody.
Locals said that the incident occurred after Bitish Hajong returned home from work on Saturday night.
Both husband and wife used to fight every day over petty issues, a neighbour said.
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Rashmirekha Sarma, Chirang Additional Superintendent of Police, said: “We have taken the body into our custody and sent it for post-mortem. Forensic experts have collected samples. We have detained the husband and further investigation is on. We cannot speculate about the murder. We are looking into all the aspects of it.”
