LUCKNOW, Aug. 18 -- A heated argument between a couple took a violent turn when a 35-year-old man allegedly chopped off his wife's nose in Gayatri Nagar under Madiaon police station limits here on Saturday evening.

The accused, identified as Arvind Mishra, was arrested late on Sunday following a complaint filed by his father Raghvendra Mishra. The FIR has been registered under sections 115(2), 118(1), and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, police said.

According to police, the incident took place around 5pm on August 16 when Arvind and his wife, Babita Mishra, got into a quarrel over a personal issue. The argument soon turned violent, when Arvind allegedly started thrashing Babita.

"When Arvind's mother Ramkumar Mishra t...