New Delhi, March 28 -- A 50-year-old man allegedly slit a 25-year-old man's throat, severed his head, then carried it to his own house. The incident took place in Parsawal village in Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday.

The victim was identified as Bablu, an ice-cream seller, NDTV reported. Bablu had reportedly gone to Parsawal to sell ice cream, as he did most days.

There, he got engaged in a verbal altercation with a local resident named Shankar Yadav. After a heated exchange of words, Shankar Yadav attacked Bablu with a sickle, slitting his throat and severing his head in public view, the NDTV report added.

Shankar Yadav then reportedly picked up the severed head and took it with him to his house in the same village.

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