India, Nov. 4 -- A man was arrested from Bengal's South Dinajpur district on Wednesday morning after he was found sitting in the temple inside the compound of his home with his wife's severed head on his lap.

According to the police, the incident occurred in municipal ward No. 4 of the district's Gangarampur town, with the locals alleging a quarrel between the couple.

The arrested man was identified as 46-year-old Rintu Sarkar, a former bus conductor for the state-owned North Bengal State Transport Corporation. He told the police that he was sacked three years ago on disciplinary grounds.

The body of the victim, identified as 42-year-old Seema Sarkar, was taken for a post-mortem examination while police searched for the murder weapon....