Hyderabad: A 29-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her husband after she "eloped with her lover" in Sangareddy district of Telangana, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred late Sunday night in Sadashivapet mandal while the woman was being brought back by a police constable after she was located in Mahabubnagar district.
Her husband, who had accompanied the police, allegedly attacked her with a knife, stabbing her twice in the neck.
The woman sustained severe injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead, a senior police official said.
According to police, the woman had eloped with a man last month, prompting her husband to file a missing person complaint.
Man kills 50-year-old wife suspecting infidelity in BengaluruDuring the investigation, authorities traced the couple to Jadcherla in Mahabubnagar.
"The woman was being escorted back to her home in a car, with the constable in the front seat and her husband beside her. On the way, in a fit of rage, he allegedly stabbed her with a knife," the official said.
The man was arrested on the spot and remanded to judicial custody, the official added.
A probe into the circumstances of the attack is underway.