Panic gripped the passers-by in Jahangirabad area of Barabanki when a man decapitated his wife over some petty dispute and walked with her severed head for almost one-and-half kilometres to surrender before the police.
Before arresting the accused, even the cops were horrified at the sight of a man walking with a severed head.
A case was registered against the accused and the severed head and the torso were sent for post-mortem.
Police revealed that the accused, identified as Akhilesh Rawat (30) of Bahadurpur village in Barabanki, committed the crime and later surrendered before them.
The police said that Rawat was married to Rajani almost two years ago and had a daughter from her but she died due to illness.
“On Saturday afternoon, Rawat had a quarrel with 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 to surrender,” a police official said.
According to the police, Rawat walked for almost one-and-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.
Meanwhile in another killing in Muzaffarnagar, a teenage boy was shot dead by his cousin over land dispute. Reports said that a 15-year-old boy was allegedly shot dead by his cousin over a family dispute on possession of agricultural land in a village in Muzaffarnagar, police said. The body of the teenager identified as Vinit was found with bullet wounds in the fields on Friday at Kharpod village under Kakrauli police station area, Circle Officer Ram Mohan Sharma said. A case has been registered against the accused Lalit Kumar and his father Jaipal Singh who are both absconding, the officer said.
According to the complaint lodged by the deceased boy’s father Chanderpal, he owns agricultural land in the village and his brother Jaipal Singh was demanding a share of the property. Vinit, who is the adopted son of Chanderpal, has no biological child, it stated. His brother and nephew are said to have brought Vinit to a field and shot him dead, Chanderpal said in the complaint.
Meanwhile, a woman and her four daughters allegedly committed suicide in Fatehpur district.
Circle Officer Kapil Dev Misra said the bodies of Shyama (40) and her daughters Pinki (21), Priyanka (21), Varsha (14) and Nanki (10) were found from a house in Shantinagar locality in Fatehpur City.
Locals said the head of the family, Ram Bharose, was a drunkard and four days back he had thrashed the five and gone missing thereafter.
The main door of the house had remained shut since then, according to police.
However, the locals alerted the police after foul smell began to emanate from the house. A police team broke open the door and found the bodies on Saturday, Misra said.
Some poisonous substance was recovered from the house suggesting that the woman and her daughters may have committed suicide, he added.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem to ascertain the exact cause of death, Misra said, adding that a manhunt had been launched to nab Ram Bharose.