An Indian woman cut off her brother-in-law’s penis before she walked into a police station and presented it as evidence after claiming she was raped.
The 32-year-old attended the station with her three children in Churhat area in the Sidhi district on Thursday to hand officers the severed organ, the Times of India reported.
Police made attempts to reach the man to give him medical attention but he killed himself before officers arrived.
His body was reportedly found hanging from a tree near their house.
The woman told police she used a sickle to cut off her brother-in-law’s genitals as it was the only way he would stop attacking her.
She alleged she had been raped for several days while her husband had been working more than 700 miles away in Nashik
Sidhi police spokesman Abid Khan told the Times of India the woman has been arrested for attempted murder.
He said: "This is a rare case and has to be investigated for a proper chargesheet.”
Police added the woman was of sound mind and had no regrets over what she had done.
According to data from the National Crime Records Bureau, the number of rapes in India increased by 9 per cent to 33,707 in 2014.
