A 24-year-old man allegedly beheaded his wife and dumped it in a canal in Hyderabad, the police said on Sunday.
The accused, identified as Pradeep Kumar, has been arrested.
"Today at 2.30 pm, the accused came to his wife Manikranthi's residence at Srinagar colony. Later, he chopped off her head and threw it into the canal," said the police.
The whole incident was caught on CCTV camera, where the accused could be seen running with a sickle in one hand and the severed head in other.
A traffic head constable, who saw Mr Kumar with bloodstains on his shirt near a bridge, alerted the police. The police then arrested him.
"Efforts are being made to trace the weapon and the head from the canal," the police added.
The duo got married in 2015 and due to marital disputes started living separately.
