A man has been filmed walking down the street covered in blood, carrying his wife’s severed head.

According to police, Chinnar Yadav attacked his wife Vimla with a sharp weapon after a heated argument, The Sunreports.

Yadav was then filmed carrying his wife’s severed head to the local police station in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The shocking video, filmed on October 9, shows him walking down the street carrying his wife’s bloodied head by the hair as well as holding a weapon in the Neta Nagar of Banda district.

Police said Yadav also injured his neighbour during the attack after accusing the pair of infidelity.

The video ends as Yadav is about to enter Baberu Police Station to surrender. He was subsequently arrested with police recovering a weapon.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Mahendra Pratap Chauhan said: “After a heated argument, the accused attacked his wife with a sharp weapon, killing her and then beheading her.

“After which he carried his wife’s severed head to Baberu Police Station where he surrendered. The accused was arrested and the weapon was also recovered from him by the cops.”

This story originally appeared in The Sun and has been reproduced with permission