An Indian farmer identified as Narayan Singh,
decapitated his wife, then carried her severed head by
the hair for five miles, after he allegedly found her
‘making out’ with another man.
According to Metro UK, Singh, 38, has been charged
with murder after attacking 28-year-old Sarita with a
sword in the middle of a field.
Terrified witnesses described how he marched to the
nearest police station, attempting to justify himself by
telling officers: ‘My wife had broken my trust.
‘This is the reason why I beheaded her. I had warned
her twice before, but she wouldn’t mend her ways.’
Singh, from Ghareli village in Ingoria, India, is due
before the courts later this month.
Locals claim Singh had caught his wife with her lover
twice before but let them go with a ‘warning of dire
consequence’ if they hooked up again.
He took his barbaric revenge after spying on his wife for
several days, neighbours said.
On January 30 he allegedly caught them together in a
farmer’s hut and then attacked in a jealous rage.
Singh has been remanded in custody before his court
appearance in 14 days, police sources said.
Investigating officer Vijay Khatri said:
‘Narayan Singh
had doubts on his wife’s character – that she was
having an extramarital affair with another man.
‘On January 30, he caught his wife in the act with her
lover and, in a fit of rage, beheaded her.
‘In delusion, he kept roaming in the area with the head
in his hand.’
Violence against women is said to be an ‘epidemic’ in
India and there have been street protests for harsher
punishments.
According to the Indian government’s Crime Records
Bureau, there were 309,546 crimes against women
reported in 2013, including 33,707 R@pes and 51,881
cases of kidnapping and abduction.
