In a case of honour killing in Kolkata, a a 29-year-old man dragged his sister out on the street and cut off her head with one stroke of the sword in Ayubnagar locality of Nadial, according to a report in The Times of India.

Mehtab Alam reportedly walked into the police station with the head and the sword.

He told police officers that he killed his sister for "running off with a lover and dishonouring the family".

Read the full report here