A 58-year-old man allegedly beheaded his wife and walked through a village in Chhattisgarh's Korba district carrying her severed head, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday evening in Bundeli village, under the Rajgamar police outpost limits. The accused, identified as Salik Ram Yadav, works as a watchman at a local poultry farm. Police say he attacked his 50-year-old wife with a sharp meat-cutting weapon following a dispute, allegedly while drunk.

After killing her, Yadav walked through the village holding the severed head in one hand and the weapon in the other, shocking residents. He then placed both the head and the weapon into a plastic sack, left his wife's torso at the scene, and walked to the Rajgamar police outpost, where he surrendered.

During questioning, Yadav told police that frequent domestic disputes had driven him to commit the crime. He claimed his wife repeatedly suspected him of infidelity, which led to persistent quarrels between the two.

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The couple originally hailed from Ajgarbahar Haldimada village in Korba block and had been living and working at the poultry farm for the past three years. They have four children together.

Police have arrested Yadav and seized the weapon used in the attack. The victim's body has been sent for post-mortem examination. Investigators are continuing to look into the circumstances surrounding the case.

Meanwhile, in neighbouring state, a 20-year-old woman and her relative, a minor girl, drowned after slipping into a canal while filming a reel in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district on Thursday morning, police and local residents said. Their another kin, who also fell into the canal, is missing, police said.

The incident occurred between 8 am and 9 am in Salibada village under Bargi police station limits, area city superintendent of police (CSP) Anjul Ayank Mishra told PTI over phone.

Four females, all relatives, lost balance and fell into the fast-flowing water of Bargi dam's canal in the district. One of them managed to swim to safety, he added.

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