Woman Bites Off Husband's Penis After Being Found With Lover, Gets Arrested

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A woman bit off her husband's penis after he caught her “in a compromising position” with another man. The incident took place near Vellore, a city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

According to local reports, the 45-year-old woman, identified by her first name Jayanthi, was charged with attempted murder after she confessed to the crime.

The incident took place earlier this week in Thuraimoolai village near Gudiyatham in Vellore district. Police said the woman and her husband, a farmer, had been at a temple festival when the woman slipped out of the crowd on the pretext of using the bathroom. When she failed to return, her husband — identified as Senthamarai, 55 — went out to look for her.

Senthamarai was shocked to find his wife in a "compromising position" with another villager, local newspaper Times of India reported.

“Enraged, Senthamarai grabbed his wife and her lover and threatened to make their relationship public," a police officer told the newspaper. The three people reportedly got involved in a scuffle and Senthamarai's dhoti — a garment that Indian men wear by wrapping around the legs — fell off.

Jayanthi, who did not want the public to know about her affair, bit her husband's penis, severing part of it and escaped with her lover.

Senthamarai, who was bleeding, was rushed to a hospital in the city of Chennai where his condition was described as stable.

Police launched a search for the woman and later arrested and charged her. Jayanthi was taken into custody and remains in Vellore Central Prison for Women. The woman was booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 294(b) (obscenity in public), 324(causing hurt with dangerous weapons or means) and 307 (attempted murder).

In another incident last year, a woman chopped off her husband genitals following a heated argument in Gudiyatham, a town in Vellore district. According to reports, the woman was defending herself with a knife as her husband tried to force himself on her.