Kolkata woman rejects brother-in-law’s advances, he kills and severs her head

The brother-in-law, identified as Atiur Rahman Laskar, had allegedly decided to kill her as she rejected his advances. Kolkata Police arrested him from his native village Basuldanga in South 24 Parganas' Diamond Harbour.

Laskar, a construction worker, reportedly confessed to murdering the woman who had been separated from her husband for two years now, police said.

DCP (South Suburban) Bidisha Kalita said during a press conference that the woman's severed head was found in a garbage dump near Graham Road on Friday, and the torso and lower portion of her body were found near a pond in the Regent Park area on Saturday.