Man held with severed head of woman

New Delhi: The very thought of the incident sends a shiver down one’s spine.

A man in Sambalpur in Orissa roamed the city with the severed head of a woman and a blood-splattered axe, thereby giving rise to panic among the locals.

However, police later arrested Ghasiram Majhi, a daily wage labourer and the axe with which he had allegedly chopped off a woman's head.

Majhi, a tribal from Kanijori village under Ainthapalli police station in Sambalpur, said he had attacked and chopped off the head of Tapaswini, his neighbour as he was enraged over her insulting his wife regularly.

Tapaswini’s body was later taken to the VSS Medical College hospital at Burla for post-mortem and subsequently handed over to her family members.

As Majhi, entered the crowded Khetrajpur area, locals were aghast at the horrifying sight with some even following him but none could capture him because he was carrying the axe and appeared to be in a tense mood.

Majhi's wife and daughter have been absconding since the incident, the sources said.