<p>Kolkata: A man was arrested on Saturday in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/west-bengal">West Bengal’s</a> South 24 Parganas district after he was found walking around with the severed head of his sister-in-law, police said.</p>.<p>According to a senior police officer, the man was apprehended in Bharatgarh in the district’s Basanti area on suspicion of killing his sister-in-law.</p>.<p>Locals alerted the police after they found the man carrying the severed head of his sister-in-law and walking around in the locality, he said.</p>.<p>"Initial probe revealed that the accused had engaged in a scuffle with the woman, who is his sister-in-law, last night. He beheaded the woman with a sickle-like object. We are probing the incident. A forensic team is visiting the place where the crime took place," the police officer said.</p>.BJP's Suvendu urges EC not to club 2026 Bengal polls with other states; slams TMC for violence.<p>The body of the woman has been sent for post-mortem, he said, adding that the weapon was also seized from the accused. </p>
<p>Kolkata: A man was arrested on Saturday in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/west-bengal">West Bengal’s</a> South 24 Parganas district after he was found walking around with the severed head of his sister-in-law, police said.</p>.<p>According to a senior police officer, the man was apprehended in Bharatgarh in the district’s Basanti area on suspicion of killing his sister-in-law.</p>.<p>Locals alerted the police after they found the man carrying the severed head of his sister-in-law and walking around in the locality, he said.</p>.<p>"Initial probe revealed that the accused had engaged in a scuffle with the woman, who is his sister-in-law, last night. He beheaded the woman with a sickle-like object. We are probing the incident. A forensic team is visiting the place where the crime took place," the police officer said.</p>.BJP's Suvendu urges EC not to club 2026 Bengal polls with other states; slams TMC for violence.<p>The body of the woman has been sent for post-mortem, he said, adding that the weapon was also seized from the accused. </p>