Hyderabad, April 6 A 29-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her husband after she "eloped with her lover" in the Sangareddy district of Telangana, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred late Sunday night in the Sadashivapet mandal while the woman was being brought back by a police constable after she was located in the Mahabubnagar district.
Her husband, who had accompanied the police, allegedly attacked her with a knife, stabbing her twice in the neck.
The woman sustained severe injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead, a senior police official said.
According to police, the woman had eloped with a man last month, prompting her husband to file a missing person complaint.
During the investigation, authorities traced the couple to Jadcherla in Mahabubnagar.
"The woman was being escorted back to her home in a police vehicle, with the constable in the front seat and her husband beside her. On the way, in a fit of rage, he allegedly stabbed her with a knife," the official said.
The man was arrested on the spot and remanded in judicial custody, the official added.
An investigation into the circumstances of the attack, including how the man was allowed to accompany the police, is underway.