In a barbaric incident, a man slit his wife's throat on the road in broad daylight and then attempted suicide by slitting his own throat with the same knife.
The gory incident occurred in Narsingapur village in Jagtial district on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said that the deceased, who was identified as Vasantha, 25, was waiting for a vehicle to go to her mother's house in Vemulawada. Meanwhile, her husband Balaraju, 30, waylaid her and attacked her with a knife, and slit her throat, even as passersby and bus commuters watched in horror.
Balaraju also immediately attempted suicide by slitting his own throat.
Upon receipt of the information, police rushed to the spot and immediately took the accused to the Sircilla government hospital in a critical condition.
Neighbours said that the couple had gotten married five years ago, and had two daughters and a son. They used to quarrel frequently over some issue or the other.