Overview

• On the night of August 9 in Fasanganj Kachnaw village, Nazneen Bano allegedly severed her second husband Ansar Ahmad’s genitals during a heated argument.
• Bano was apprehended by Jagdishpur police and is currently under interrogation, said Station House Officer Raghvendra.
• Ahmad, 38, who has two wives and no children, was first treated at the community health centre in Jagdishpur before being referred to AIIMS Raebareli.
• Police officers linked the attack to ongoing quarrels over the household arrangement in the polygamous family.
• The investigation continues against a backdrop of rising domestic violence and stretched rural healthcare resources in Uttar Pradesh.