n a shocking incident of a gruesome killing, a brother enraged over sister’s extra-marital affair chopped off her head with a sword in West Bengal on Friday.

Mehatab Alam, 28, a resident of Ayubnagar, West Bengal, beheaded his 22-year-old sister Nilofer Biwi in public. Alam later surrendered to the police at the Nadial police station in South 24 Parganas district holding her sister’s head in one hand and the sword in another. This is first case of honour killing reported in West Bengal.

According to the police, Nilofer married Akbar eight years ago. They have two children – a six year-old son and four-year-old daughter. Last month, she left her husband’